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Capitol's Tommy Graham into East Indian Music

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O'Keefe showing set for Robbie McDougallRobbie McDougall, the latest discoveryof Don Hunter, business manager ofthe Guess Who, has been scheduled foran appearance at Toronto's O'KeefeCentre, November 7th. Headlining thisshow will be RCA's Jose Feliciano.

McDougall, a twenty-one year oldclassical/rock pianist, first came upagainst Hunter when he dropped intohis Winnipeg offices and asked toaudition, on the piano. Luckily forboth Hunter and McDougall, Hunterhad some time to spare and took theyoung McDougall down the streetto a club where he had the use of apiano. McDougall asked Hunter whathe wanted to hear, and Hunter,thinking he would pull a fast one,asked for and got Tchaikovsky'sSixth. Being as he wasn't in thebusiness for a concert pianist, Hunterasked for something that could fitinto today's pop culture. McDougallgave him that and Hunter rushedhim back to his office and begannegotiating for the young pianist'sfuture. Hunter then arranged forMcDougall to share the bill at theCentennial Concert Hall with theGrass Roots. Peter Crossley of theWinnipeg Free Press had the followingto report: "The time has come fortruth and reality. The Grass Rootswere at the Centennial Concert Hall

for two shows Thursday and the onlything that saved the evening frombeing a complete waste of time wasthe performance turned in by pianistRobbie McDougall."

Of McDougall's actual performance,Crossley noted: "His playing is verymasculine and unremitting. When hemakes a statement, it is made, thereare no two ways about it. His arrange-ments of other prople's music arebeautifully conceived and well thoughtout. He has a concise knowlege ofexactly what the music is trying to ex-press. His compositions are subtle butglow with a very personal, sensitiveaura that is rarely found in an artistof this age group in this particularmusical area."

Crossley was somewhat critical ofMcDougall's foray into the popworld when he is so obviously incontrol of a master's classical hand.Hunter, on the other hand, has nodoubt spotted a large sized prizewhich could serve both fields andperhaps generate some understandingbetween both. McDougall has alreadytaped a session, and subject to abit of sweetening, both session andrecord executive -wise, Hunter shouldbe ready for a release announcementabout the time McDougall hits theO'Keefe stage.

WBM's Ocean winds

up European scheduleWBM Management's Tom Wilsonreports that Ocean have successfullywound up a one -week European tour.The unit, who met overnight successwith Gene MacLellan's penning of"Put Your Hand in the Hand", openedtheir tour in Hamburg, Germany onSeptember 14th. After two days inHamburg, the group moved on todates in Venice (16-18), Madirno,Italy (19), Milan (20) and Paris (21).Wilson describes the tour as being"very successful" and notes that theEuropeans "know how to treat per-formers."

The European gigs were preceded bysome North American work. In theearly part of September, Ocean was inToronto for a three day tapingsession for CTV's Lionel Hamptonspecial before moving on to Winnipeg,Minneapolis and Brandon. TheWinnipeg affair was heavily promotedby CFRW and was supplemented byan extensive autograph session at theHudson's Bay store in Winnipeg.

O'Keefe enters twelfthyear as showplaceThe O'Keefe Centre, one of theprime showplaces in SouthernOntario, celebrated its eleventhbirthday October 2nd. When thetheatre opened in 1960, with theworld premiere of "Camelot", it wasowned by the O'Keefe BrewingCompany. When Toronto propertytaxes made it virtually impossibleto keep the theatre solvent, thecompany, who had never expectedit to show a profit, made a gift ofthe building to MetropolitanToronto. That was in 1968, andsince that time, the theatre's for-tunes have been consistently good.

The O'Keefe's eleventh year sawthree box office records broken;Engelbert Humperdinck ($148,927),Katharine Hepburn in "Coco",($150,739) and again, during theclosing week of "Coco", KatharineHepburn ($171,674). Overallaverage capacity during the forty-six weeks of operation was seventy-four per cent. Totals for the yearwere: 700,000 patrons paying over

Polydor signs Tapestry,thru Kevin HunterPolydor Records, Montreal, has signedan agreement with the Montreal -basedgroup, Tapestry on a world-wide basis.The group, represented by KevinHunter Associates, who also managethe Bells, consists of two girls, HeatherWoodburn and Judy Jenson and JackWinters. They recently completed afive-day engagement at the BeverlyHills Seaway Hotel in Toronto. Thelabel brought in a number of keyAmerican programmers to catch thegroup's act.

Debut release on Polydor is "Love MeBrother", a group original. Thesession was put down at Andre PerryStudios in Montreal, with productionby Bells' lead, Cliff Edwards.

Polydor has set up a cross Canadapromotional tour for the group whichkicked off last week. Accompanyingthe group on the three-week grindis Polydor promotion man JohnTurner.

MWC's Stamps tearup NewfoundlandMWC's Stampeders did a whirlwindtour of the province of Newfoundlandrecently and tore the place apart,according to Judith Perlick, newly -appointed publicity and promotion galat VOCM, St. John's. The mini -tourincluded stops in Cornerbrook,Stephenville and Grand Falls. CKCM'sLarry Steacy emceed the gig in GrandFalls. Prior to the show, the group didsome autograph signing to tie in witha local promotion. In St. John's, thetown really rolled out the carpet, pro-viding a parade and an official visitto city hall were they were honouredby Premier Joey Smallwood.

While in the capital, the Stampederswere interviewed over VOCM, beforemoving on the city's MemorialUniversity. The twelve hundred inattendance brought the group back fortwo encores and gave them threestanding ovations.

3.5 million to the box office.

The O'Keefe's twelfth year inbusiness promises to be its mostexciting to date. The CanadianOpera kicked off its twenty-thirdseason at the theatre, September27th. Upcoming are "Chalk Garden","Light Up the Sky", "Mary" andthe "London Palladium Show".Non -subscription showings includethe Osipob Balalaika Orchestra,the National Ballet of Canada andthe Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Regina's Jr. Dudley Dean received Verlage equipmentStratychuk (Gold Sound) while mgr. Lorne Horning, rpersonality Mike Freedman and Ken Verlage look on.

Richard Bibby (MCA) Eaton's Shirley Harrison meet !artists, Sonny & Cher during media cocktail reception.

Grantlea Hoffman, popular dance party host of CKKWKitchener has a word with Sonny & Cher.

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the music industry can walk through into this "Alice In Wonderland"

scene at any time. Noted one programmer: "Why even suggest an

open door policy when our doors have never been closed?"

Quebec City is followed by Chicou- timi where an early morning taping

of both sides of Marie -Claire and Richard's deck has been arranged

along with an interview. So dynamic and interesting is this interview that it's almost immediately proclaimed

as "Chicoutimi Day for Marie -Claire and David Seguin". Radio CBJ and

CJMT were equally enthusiastic over the new Warner Bros deck and finally the Kinney cavalcade reaches the loop of their tour - Jonquiere and a "live"

interview at CKRS.

After five days and 1567 miles - Bob

Nickford could honestly report a successful promotion trip.

CJBR-TV Rimouski -

CKBL radio and TV in Matane - the very powerful

CJBR in Rimouski. The latter is regarded as radio free Quebec, which

reaches into more than 109,000 homes in New Brunswick plus their

own immediate area and on and on. That's how they promote Cancon

product in Quebec - with emphasis on the secondary market, given the same

consideration as the major market.

As a footnote -

it's interesting to note that when Kinney's national sales

manager, Gord Edwards took his slide and sound product presentation into Montreal for a bash - similar to the one they held in Toronto

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where the similarity ended. Chenier, Nickford and company treated the

coming product presentation as the "greatest show on earth"

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in newspaper, radio and television coverage that's really just par for the

course in a province which values Canadian culture - French and English.

Nickford prepares Seguin twins for Kinney

Bob Nickford, Quebec promotion for Kinney Music of Canada, recently

completed a successful promotion tour of Quebec Province for newly -

signed Marie -Claire and Richard Seguin and their Warner Bros deck, "Dans Ma Maison" and "Marie Matin".

Accompanying Nickford and the twins were Nickford's Quebec branch manager, Jacques Chenier and the Seguin's

producer/manager, Rene Letarte.

The Seguins are the latest and perhaps the hottest potential of original

artists to breathe life into the failing Franco/Canadian disc market. Their

voices blend beautifullly together and the background is the typical lushness, so prevalent with productions from

Quebec. There is so much appeal with this Seguin offering that Anglo/Cana- dian programmers could introduce their listeners to an exciting new

Canadian talent - expressing a combin- tion love/ecology message that com-

municates in spite of the language difference which, in this case, isn't

a barrier.

Nickford and company set out to do their promotion bit, much in the same

manner as their Anglo/Canadian cous- ins

- with one difference. Quebec

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artist or group, strengthens rather than wains which, unfortunately, is not the

case for those promotion hustlers out- side the bounds of cultural under-

standing (Quebec).

First stop for the Nickford Safari was Riviere du Loup. What's so im-

portant about the Loup? Well, for one thing, it's on the river and it also has a groovy motel with hot and cold

running everything being chased by all the visiting promotion men and

branch managers. Letarte, part of the Nickford baggage, canvassed the town

and did such a selling job on the owner of the poshest Inn in town he lands

a tentative date for an engagement for his twins. This, even before they hit the radio station.

Radio station CKRD is the first stop in the morning where they run into

the Minister of Cultural Affairs of Quebec, the Honourable Mister Cloutier. Being a true Canadian and

wishing to do all in his power to further the career of the young Seguins (and not draw the ire of our

industry, as did Cowtown recently), he poses for photos.

On the way to Quebec City, the Kinney crew stop off in La Pocatiere,

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CHGB. While Chenier works the town and Nickford and the Seguins

the station, Letarte tries to keep an eye on both situations. So far, it

looks good. Two radio stations and a cabinet minister to boot and they haven't even hit Quebec City.

The Provincial Seat, being a much larger centre and offering diverse forms of excitement - mixed and

otherwise, Nickford, Chenier and Letarte book into separate hotels -

for obvious reasons. The night is young, so they arrange for two inter-

views at CFLS which went so well, they were invited back for a later talk bit.

The next morning they're "live" on CFCM-TV, followed by breakfast with

half a dozen producers and a host of television personalities all congratu-

lating the production/management team of Cheneir and Letarte while

the instigator of the whole affair, Bob Nickford, dum dums himself in the corner - unnoticed. CJRP, CFOM,

CHRC, CKCV - librarians, music di- rectors - radio personalities, "live"

interviews and everything that makes promotion EXCITING in La Belle

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does it REALLY matter anymore? A smashing engageIn view of the fact there has been nograndstanding of the first 300 daysof the CRTC's empire-bustin' AMregulations -from tb,, Press(dailies, that is) it is perha,that the trade press - so corn 7 a 1.

Remember "Juneau's folly" or"censorship" - and how about"idiocy"? It's almost frightening howour industry has been the victim ofthe "silent press". However, "Juneau'sfolly" has resulted in one great, if notamazing, accomplishment. Canadacan now boast 7% of the international100 hits on the the U.S. trades andeven the U.S. tipster who let it beknown he considered ALL Canadianrecords as "garbage", has finally hadto admit that money can be made on"garbage" even before it is recycled.But, what of our daily newspapers?

..the prophets of doom, themessengers of mediocrity, will beoverwhelmed by the new generationof competent, creative, confidentartisans and by all those of preced-ing generations who have alreadydemonstrated their freshness ofmind, their talent and their capaci-ty for inspired leadership."

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What national pride have they dis-played in the light of these interna-tional accomplishments by our Cana-dian recording artists? They sure ashell made enough noise when the rul-ing was first announced. Even theCanadian. Press would appear to haveswept the whole matter under theirTelex. They DID report the "dread -

COMMENTby Walt Grealis

ful" ruling. But, that's par for thecourse and........does it REALLYmatter anymore?

There is one distressing issue however,and that's the industry itself, takingits success so calmly.There are indications they are of theopinion their talent and initiative tookthem to the position where the Cana-dian music is today. "It would havehappened without the ruling" waswhat the broadcasters said - at thetime of the lowering of the boom.Few, if any of the artists, producers,record company people and others al-lied to the industry have bothered tovoice even a mild opinion that theruling has made the difference. Onecould quite easily come to the con-clusion they are of the opinion theruling might upstage their ability andthey would like to forget what it wasthat made the Canadian hits possible.It was the CRTC ruling - and don't youforget it.

The growth of the studio scene, the in-crease of funds available to producers,the attitude of the programmer - toaudition and air Cancon came aboutbecause of "Juneau's folly".Perhaps one of the most spectacularmoments in the history of the Cana-dian music industry was the scene atthe St. Lawrence Hall (Toronto) -February 24th of this year when thun-derous applause from the cream of the

Kinney's Scardinore-enters studioJohn Pozer, head of A&R, KinneyMusic of Canada, has announced thatDon Scardino will be going back intothe studio with producer AndrewMelzer. Pozer plans to have a singleoff at the end of the month to followup the chanter's "Hey, Hey What aBeautiful Day". More product willfollow in the new year in what Pozerdescribes as "our total plan to makeDon an internationally known artist."

industry greeted Pierre Juneau. It wason this date when he accepted theJuno Award as Canadian Music In-dustry Man Of The Year.

It is now ten months later and so manyof us have forgotten the fight whichbrought a change in the laws of Canadato assure that some portion of whatCanadians heard - would reflect theway of life in Canada. We should all(record company executives, pro-grammers, the press, musicians andartists) constantly remind ourselvesthat the CRTC ruling brought aboutwhat we can now refer to as our "cre-ative abilities".

It would be a very appreciated gesture,I'm sure, if the CRTC were to receiveone copy of every Canadian contentsingle and album produced. It is myunderstanding the Commission hasequipped itself with a library of Cana-dian recordings, which are very muchcherished and appreciated by themembers of the Commission. Theyhave never asked, being they are agovernment body, for copies of re-corded product, but they have, onoccasion, received sample copies as agesture of appreciation from somerecord companies, producers, artistsand publishers. It is through thesemailings they have maintained alibrary of Canadian content - as com-plete as possible, under the circum-stances.

Might I suggest that record companiescheck their mailing lists and make surethat one copy of every Canadian prod-duction, single and album, be maileddirectly to the CRTC library - on re-lease. It's possible they just might beinterested in seeing and listening tothe results of their ruling - firsthand.Their address is 100 Metcalfe St.Ottawa, Ontario.

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Despite the fact that the Bitter Endcafe in Greenwich Village might nothave been the best possible showcasefor the talents of Labelle, the threegirls who comprise that very soulfulgroup have just completed a smashingtwo week engagement there. PattiLabelle, Nono Hendryx and SarahDash are three magnificently sensualblack women who are as much of ajoy to watch perform as they are tolisten to.

Gone are the sequined gowns...or any- LISthing even resembling a typical black"chick " trio, a la Supremes. WhatLabelle is presenting now is a verynatural, high energy performance,which includes songs such as "WildHorses", "Get Off My Cloud" and"Morning Much Better". All three ladiessing and dance superbly, and it wasevident at the Bitter End that theirprofessionalism is of the highestquality.

Patti Labelle has a voice that puts manymany others to shame. (There are alot of "blues" singers who would shutup before they screamed on stage againif they heard Patti ) As a lead singer,she quite possibly was held back duringher previous years when her act was

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las added much importance to their new set.

"Sourdough" Houston boosts Summus deck

The Ontario Government has been one of the strongest boosters of Canadian

talent, whether young film makers, live performers or recording units. But, like typical government, they lack the

public relations to transfer the importance of this work to the masses. The

creation of Ontario Place was a giant step forward for the Ontario Govern-

ment and indeed, they have tried to communicate with the younger gener-

ation in using this beautiful showplace to bring attention to the young hope-

fuls from Ontario in spite of the fact that the jukeboxes dotted throughout the island contain no Cancon product.

However, the most fascinating display at Ontario Place is the giant Cinesphere

screen where they introduced a new Canadian film processing, using wholly Canadian film footage. One of the most

exciting of these films is "North to Superior", an exciting trip by air and

canoe into the wilds of northern Ontario. The only voice heard on the

soundtrack is Bill Houston, performing his self -penning, "Ojibway Country". The score was arranged by ex-Lovin'

Spoonfuller, Zal Yanovsky. Houston's producers, Roy Smith and Al Albutt,

taped the session at Toronto's Thunder Sound, making slight changes for the

disc product. The film features an

electric piano which was dropped in favour of an electric harpsichord and guitar for Houston's Sum mus single.

The flip of this single, "Open Spaces", also written by Houston, is now seeing

strong MOR play.

Unlike the government agency responsible for the film, record and Ontario

Place, Houston has the advantage of a smooth and tightly knit promotion

operation, London Records. They assigned their newly -appointed Ontario

promotion manger, Vince Lasch, to chaperone the young Canadian

"sourdough" on a tour of radio and television stations as well as the

trade press.

Houston received his "sourdough" tag from his early youth when he lived

in the North West Territories where his father was employed by the

Hudson's Bay Company. They moved to Sioux Lookout where his father

took over as editor of the Daily Bulletin, training young Houston in

the printing trade. He became associated with a young group who

were playing around the Sioux Look- out area and penned "Sunshower" for

them which they used as their theme later adapting it as their name.

Houston learned a great deal from

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this trio comprised of George Grego- rovitch, lead singer; Rick Mortcnson

and Kenny Campbell. They utilized much of his material and have just

recently devoted themselves to the anti -pollution and anti -discrimination

efforts, problems of which they are acutely aware.

Houston has much confidence in the importance of Thunder Bay, insofar

as the entertainment industry is

concerned. He refers to the Lakehead as "The Liverpool of Canada" and has

become a great fan of the Jarvis Street Revue and Quitlim, the latter group

for which he penned "Way Down South". Houston's inspiration for his musical put -together comes from

Noel Coward, Ogden Nash, Charlie Brown and Sesame Street, a strange

.combination which allows him to mix happy times with soul.

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Nevin Grant....a tough act to followAn era passes on October 22nd.That's the day a successor is chosenfor MLS chairman, Nevin Grant. Thesuccessor couldn't have picked atougher act to follow.Nevin has been on the MLS jobsince last December 1st and could tech-nically retain his chairmanship untilthe same time this year. I don't thinkit would be excessive praise to saythat during his time in office, Nevinhas saved the MLS.Think back to last December. Recallhow the Canadian record industry wason the verge of rebellion against thebroadcast network. The networkfound new life under Nevin. Discontentstill exists but it is now directed againstthe few members who seem determinedto sink as many Canadian releases aspossible. That's an important distinc-tion.It was Nevin who gave the MLS consti-tution real bite. Recognizing that thepurpose of the MLS, at least its statedpurpose, is to build Canadian talent,Grant once declared R. Dean Tayloran internationally established artist.?That action cleared the way for anotherCanadian recording to receive twoweeks of MLS exposure, even thoughit had not pulled the 6.0 average. Therule was always on the books, but howoften had it been used?

And Nevin had the courage to makethe rules stick for the record companiestoo. When four selections were deliver-ed to the System after the two-weeksubmission deadline had passed, Nevinrefused to accept them. Grant didn'tlike doing that but he had to abide bythe rules.Apart from his actions as chairman,Grant's voting, for Hamilton's CKOCwas unfailingly higher than any othermember of the chain. It is significantthat CKOC has never given any recorda zero vote."A zero indicates that the record hasabsolutely no merit," Nevin notedsome months ago, "I feel that justbecause the musicians had enoughfaith to record the number and therecord company had enough faith torelease it, the record has some meritfor them."

Yes, Nevin made a name for himselfin a hurry. But the most impressivepart of the story is that what you seeis the real man. I knew Nevin beforehe moved into his MLS position andtherefore I can state uncategoricallythat Nevin Grant did not adopt anew set of values when he was sudden-ly exposed to the world.

For more than three and a half years,

by Jim Smith

Grant has reigned as music directorat CKOC. During that time the stationhas gained an unequalled reputationas the most responsible citizen ofCanadian pop broadcasting.

Hamilton is a major market. 'OC facescompetition from tough sources,Toronto and Buffalo as well as theimmediate area. Nevin has managedto live with that and still break newreleases. He has the strength of hisconvictions and taste to match whenit comes to untested product. "Betterto be wrong once in a while than missa good record." he once told me.

Moreover, Nevin derives genuinepleasure from picking a hit. While hiscompetitors may choose to wait untilthe record is tested out in smallermarkets or word filters down from thetip sheets, Nevin is in the audition roomlistening for himself. Recently he calledto suggest that I listen to the new PaulAnka song (one of the records he waslater forced to refuse MLS rightsbecause of the late submission). Ididn't hear the song anywhere else forseveral days, but in the meantime, 'OCwas wearing out the grooves.

That's what a music director is supposedSMITH continued on page 19

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Label's first album release is an indication it should

become a potent mover in the Cancon game. Mill

Supply is a group with vocal and instrumental depth amply illustrated in

this set. "Granny's Kitchen" is our favourite.

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ATMOSPHERE Danyel Gerard

(La Compagnie) LP 1008-K Almost too late to take advan-

tage of the fantastic free promotion given "Butterfly" cut

by CFRB's George Wilson, but could still make it in view of

interest from the U.S. It's French done by a German and

superbly put together.

PEACE BEFORE WE DIE

James Trumbo (Fantasy) (Fantasy) 8413-R Pleasant, predominantly

happy sounds abound on this one. Not exactly top

forty meat for the grinder, but it might find a measure

of commercial popularity. "Woman Child" is our

kind of song.

et, KID PLAY ME A SAD SONG

Al Hooper/Blue Diamonds (Dominion) LPS 21023-E

Flow can a country artist go wrong. The Laurie Bower

Singers -

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Pat Riccio

- Ray Feener - Doug

Watters - Eddy Poirier

- Shane Dorey and Hooper on

rhythm. A class country set moving in the direction where

Canadian country should be.

IN SEARCH OF A SONG

Tom T.Hall (Mercury) SR 61350-K

Hall just keeps on happening and his "Clayton Delaney" bit, contained here, introduced him to the Top 40 crowd for a

short spell which could be

an indication of where Hall might be heading.

MICHAEL VINCENT - That Girl's Become A Woman - Avco Embassy AVE-4583-N

(Michael Vincent) Brenko/Avemb Songs - Prod: Ron Capone. MOT: Vancouverite, now living in Toronto, had much success as a budding new

television artist and tried his hand, unsuccessfully at the recording bit. He's

now back on the disc scene and although taped in the U.S. the initial reaction looks good. Voice is still very strong which points up rather weak background. Flip: Baby Don't Give Me That Goodbye Look Again (Marty Butler/Bob

Bilyk) Northchester/Betanne-CAPAC Now Charted

LEE ROY - My Soul Sings Out - RCA 75-1065-N

(Leroy Anderson) Beechwood Canada-BMI - Prod: Gary Buck. COUNTRY: But he'll go pop and in no time. One of the originals of this

music we call Canadian, Lee Roy, has perhaps the greatest potential of any single artist in RCA's roster. A sincere feeling for lyrics, his own,

with superb backing and arrangements that make this one - GREAT. Flip: Little Girl (some credits as plug side.)

Country Chart Probability Factor - 78%

RICK PEARSON - Waving Bye - Palas House Records RP 101-L

(Rick Pearson) Palas House-BMI - Prod: Dave Shaw. MOR: The team of Pearson, Palaschuk and Shaw, have put together an ex-

cellent showcase for this young Winnipeg talent - a tribute to the sound available at Century 21 (Winnipeg). Perhaps he's a touch more country

than MOR but there's so little difference he'll probably make it on both and could be a left fielder for the Top 40 market as well. Fresh young

vocal effort with excellent and subtle guitar work. Flip: All Our Good Times (same credits as plug side.)

MOR Chart Probability Factor - 75%

GEORGE WALKER - Life's Seasons - RCA 75-1062-N

(George Walker) Sunbury Music-CAPAC. MOR: Another voice out of the past, but this time around there's almost

a feeling of voice superiority, which is actually confidence, making Walker's performance an exquisite club act with a lush but reverent background.

Flip: Attend To Me (same credits as plug side.) MOR Chart Probability Factor - 74%

WEDNESDAY - Hang On Girl - Ampex AC 1304-V (Begg/Smith/O'Neil/Dufeck) Skyline North/Midweek-CAPAC - Prod: B.Dieli

C/Daniels/J.,Driscoll MOT.: First effort by young Oshawa, Ontario group puts them up with the

winners and points up what a group of businessmen (Dimension 71) can do with Canadian talent Wednesday have resorted to a little gimmickry that

almost puts them into a heavy bog, but not quite. Their voices bring them back into the highly commercial field and what should be fast chart action.

Flip:Velvet Colours (same credits as plug side..) MOT Chart Probability Factor - 69%

EFR EM - Pu - Du - Lay - RCA 75-1063-N (Efrem) Dunbar-BMI - Prod: Mark Smith

Flip: (same as plug side - MOT

BAT - Katie's Bar - Van 2100 106-Q

(Barry A.Taylor) PSI/Hoadley House-BMI - Prod: Ken Spence. Flip: Morning Light (same credits as plug side.) - MOT.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN - Hello Yellow Good Bye Plane - MWC 1006X -M

(Ken Christenson)M.J.S-BMI Flip: Ballad Of Dick & Jane (Freedom My Love) (some credits as plug side.)

MICHAEL BRANDON - Snowtime - Pollyanna Records PS 102

(Michael Brandon/Carl Arthur MacLeod) Mc Brandon-BMI - Prod: Fuzzy Owen

Flip: Happiness Is Back With Us Again (same credits as plug side.) COUNTRY,

PAUL MARTIN & HIS SOUND FACTORY - Uptown - Van 2100 105-Q

(Betty Mabry) No publishing listed - Prod: Paul Martin. Flip: Comeon (Paul Martin) PSI/Hoadley House-BMI - MOT

M A P L

Note: In last week's New MAPL Releases it was reported that the Columbia release of "The Fool" by Gilbert Montagne was Canadian content. This in-

formation was incorrect and was an error on the part of RPM. The single was not submitted by the company for Cancon consideration.

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1 SWEET SOUNDS OF MUSIC Bells (Polydor) 2065 077-Q

2 TALK IT OVER IN THE MORNING Anne Murray (Capitol) 72649-F

3 WHO WROTE THE WORDS Mercey Brothers (RCA) 75-1058-N

4 SUPERSTAR Carpenters (A&M) 1289-W

5 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Murray/Campbell (Capitol) 3200-F

6 ONE MORE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB Doctor Music (GRT) 1233-07-1

7 BE MY FRIEND Allan J. Ryan (Columbia) C4 -2961-H

8 DISIDERATA Les Crane (Warner Bros) 7520-P

9 A CORNER OF YOUR HEART Diane Landry (Columbia) C4 -2993-H

10 LOVE ME, LOVE ME, LOVE Frank Mi Ils (Polydor) 2065 076-Q

11 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY Johnny Mathis (Columbia) 4-45415-H

12 LATIN AFTERNOON The Gentleman (Astra) 45306-Q

13 ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot) 40065-K

14 WEDDING SONG Paul Stookey (Warner Bros) 7511-P

15 SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise) 1035-P

16 CARRY ME John Arpin (Cdn Talent Library)

477-807-Z 17 THE SONG IS LOVE

Mary Travers (Warner Bros) 7517-P

18 WHEN I WAS YOUNG & Kurt & Noah (Astra) 45312-Q

19 ROLLER COASTER RIDE Sonderlings (Summus) 2509-M

20 I BELIEVE IN YOU Rita Coolidge (A&M) 1271-W

21 OPEN SPACES Bill Houston (Summus) 2508-K

22 HE'D RATHER HAVE THE RAIN Heaven Bound/Tony Scotti (MGM) 14284-M

23 DO I LOVE YOU Paul Anka (Buddah) 252-M

24 FREEDOM COMES, FREEDOM GOES Fortunes (Capitol) 3179-F

25 LOVING HER WAS EASIER Roger Miller (Mercury) 73230-K

26 RAINBOW 09 Andre Gagnon (Columbia) C4-298 i-H

27 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez (Vanguard) 35138-V

28 RIVERBOAT IN THE RAIN Chosen Ones (Rada) 168

29 SONGS IN THE MORNING Gina (GRT) 1230-13-T

30 MOMENTS OF LOVE Jerry Toth Singers

(Warner Bros) 4001-P

31 TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD Laurie Bower Singers

(Cdn Talent Library) 477-810-Z

32 BILL JONES GENERAL STORE Tommy Hunter (Columbia) C4 -3000-H

33 MAMMY BLUE 031

Oak Island Treasury Department (Columbia) C4 -3003-H

34 MORE OFTEN THAN NOT Ian & Sylvia (Columbia) 4-45475-H

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The music's your's, words are mineby Kenneth M. SmooklerNow we know, if we've been readingthis column for the last few weeks, thatcopying material which is copyrightedon a copying machine, or translating itinto another language is a breach of theCopyright Act. About four and a halfyears ago, another possibility was ex-plored with unhappy results for theexplorer.

In April of 1967, Justice Jackett of theExchequer Court (now called theFederal Court) which deals with copy-right problems, heard a request for aninjunction in the case of Ludlow MusicInc. versus Canint Music Corp. Ltd.and Arc Sound Limited. Ludlow ownedrights to Woody Guthrie's song "ThisLand is Your Land".

In 1967, Arc Records advised Ludlowthat new words had been set toGuthrie's music (by Alec Somervilleof The Brothers In Law) and that Arcwould be paying fifty per cent of thepublisher's royalty to Ludlow, ratherthan one hundred per cent. Ludlow ob-jected to the use of unauthorizedlyrics and eventually, the matter reach-ed the Court.

Arc's case was based on S.19 (1) of theCopyright Act which permits anyoneto use any copyrighted "musical, liter-ary or dramatic work" if he can prove:a) that the work has previously beenreproduced with the consent of theowner of the copyright; and b) that hehas given notice of his intention to usethe work and has paid the properroyalties for its use.

Now, that was fine as far as it went,but it didn't go quite far enough. Farenough would have been down toS.19(2) which says that "Nothing insubsection (1) authorizes any alter-ations in, or omissions from, the workreproduced, unless (records) repro -

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These articles dealing with the legalaspect of entertainment, are written es-pecially for RPM by Kenneth M. Smookler,barrister and solicitor practicing in Toron-to. He has a LL.B from the University ofToronto and a B.A. in Sociology fromWayne State University in Detroit.

ducing the work subject to similaralterations and omissions have beenpreviously made with the consentof the owner of the copyright."And on this point the battle was waged.

Arc's position was that Ludlow had onecopyright in the words and a separatecopyright in the music. By using en-tirely different words, but the samemusic, Arc's record (according to Arc)was completely legal.

Ludlow said that you can't split asong into words and music; it wasboth and any change made in eitherwas a breach of the copyright.

The judge seems to have found athird position. He ruled that a songwas a single composition with asingle copyright, when the same per-son wrote both words and music!In that case, tampering with thelyrics is a breach of the copyrightand he enjoined Arc from distributingthe record until the case was tried.Next week, we'll see what he saidabout songs with words by A andmusic by B.

Kinney set for Fluddsingle release nowKinney Music's Tom Williams, hasannounced the impending release ofthe first single by Toronto -basedFludd, "Turn 21". The session wasproduced in San Francisco for theWarner Bros. label by Adam Mitchell."Turn 21" was penned by groupmembers, Ed and Brian Pilling. Othermembers of the group include GregGodovitz, Mick Walsh and JohnAndersen.

The single will be followed by analbum on Warner Bros., also recordedin the United States under the handof Fred Catero. Catero has producedand engineered for such luminariesas Chicago, Santana, Melanie, Blood,Sweat and Tears and the GratefulDead.

IN THIS ISSUEThe Complete Storyof theMAPLE MUSIC JUNKET- Pages 11 to 14 -

:4:iivA SINGLESALPHABETICALLY

This listing is a cross-reference to theRPM 100 singles. A fast way to find

single order numbers.

Absolutely Right (29)Ain't No Sunshine (51)All I Ever Need Is You (95)Annabelle (72)Another time Another Place (63)Birds Of A Feather (12)Build A Tower (57)Charity Ball (48)Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (19)Crazy Arms Crazy Eyes (71)Crazy Love (84)Desiderata (74)Do I Love You (50)Dolly Dagger (64)Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself (75)Down By The River (9)Do You Know What I Mean (8)Easy Loving (37)First Sign Of Love (69)Get It While You Can (86)Glory Glory (73)Go Away Little Girl (1)Gypsy, Tramps & Thieves (11)Help (Get Me Some Help) (93)Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (85)

Ain't Got Time Anymore (90)Believe In You (38)

'd Love To Change The World (32)Don't Need No Doctor (81)

f You Really Love Me (67)Just Want To Celebrate (53)magine (30)'m A Man (26)m Comin' Home (20)

nner City Blues (100)t's A Cryin' Shame (70)t's For You (21)t's Only Love (99)ve Found Someone Of My Own (35)Woke Up In Love This Morning (16)

Jennifer (52)K-Jee (55)Koko Jo (56)Life Is A Carnival (28)Lonesome Mary (47)Long Ago And Far Away (17)Loving Her Was Easier (27)Lovinr You Ain't Easy (65)MacArthur ParkMaggie May (2)Mammy Blue (89)Marianne (31)Midnight Man (62)Military Madness (94)Never My Love (14)Now I'm In Love (79)One Fine Morning (6)One More Mountain To Climb (34)One Tin Soldier (97)Only You Know And I Know (24)Peace Train (23)Rain Dance (5)Riverboat In The Rain (98)Roll On (54)Rub It In (68)Sahajiya (91)Saturday Morning Confusion (42)She's All I've I Got (80)Smiling Faces (58)So Far Away (25)Some Of Shelley's Blues (61)Spanish Harlem (33)Stagger Lee (13)Stick Up (46)Stone Of Years (77)Summer Side Of Life (39)Superstar (3)Sweet Sounds Of Music (10)Take Me Home Country Road (83)Talk It Over In The MorningThat Girl's Become A Woman (82)The Love We Had (66)Theme From Shaft (76)The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (7)The Story In Your Eyes (22)The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (43)Think His Name (92)Tired Of Being Alone (45)Touch (78)Trapped By A Thing Called Love (36)True Fine Virginia (88)Two Divided By Love (60)Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (15)Uncle Jed (96)Wedding Song (41)What Are You Doing Sunday (49)You're My People (44)You Won't Get Fooled (59)Yo Yo (4)

:4:1;1TA NEW ONCANADIAN CHARTS

CKRD - Red Deer, Alta.Stu MortonFool...Gilbert Montagne (Col)What Doing Sun...Down (Quo)Valerie ...Cymarron (Col)Prayer...Campbell/Murray (Cap)Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol)Got To Care...North West Co (Lon)Cousin Norman...Marmalade (Lon)Co Co...Sweet (Qua)Look Yourself...Uriah Heep (Lon)Hot Stuff...Jean KnightI'm A Man...Chicago (Col)Spill Wine...lsley Bros (Qua)

CHEX - Peterboro, Ont.Ron JohnstonShaft...Isaac Hayes (Pol)Inner City...Marvin Gaye (Amp)Tired...AI Green (MCA)Stone...Emmerson Lake/PalmerLoving...Kristofferson (Lon)CJME - Regina, Sask.Dave MitchellShaft...Isaac Hayes (Pol)Two Divided...Grass Roots (RCA)Wedding Song...Paul Stookey (Kin)Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol)CHUM - Toronto, Ont.Doug RawlinsonEasy Lovin'...Freddie Hart (Cap)Bless You...Martha/Vandellas (Amp)Inner City...Marvin Gaye (Amp)CKLG - VancouverRoy HennessyChange World...10 Yrs After (Col)Desiderata...Les Crane (Kin)Mammy Blue...Pop Tops (RCA)Easy Loving...Freddie Hart (Cap)Believe In You...Rita Coolidge (A&M)678.68...Chicago (Col)

CKGM - MontrealJohn MackeyBow Down...Joshua (GRT)Wild Night...Van Morrison (Kin)Trapped...Denise LaSalle (GRT)CKLW - Windsor, Ont.Alden DiehlLost Son...F..10d Pink (Lon)Prayer...Campbell/Murray (Cap)Lisa Listen...BS&T (Col)Can't Make It...Fresh Air (GRT)Lovin'...Traffic (Kin)Baby...Bread (Kin)Rock Steady...Aretha Franklin (Kin)Got To Be...Michael JacksonAbsolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol)Don't Want To Live...Bee Gees (Kin)Everybodys...Santana (Col)

CHSC - St. Catharines, Ont.Chris FordAbsolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol)Carnival...Band (Cap)Change World...10 Yrs After (Col)Everybodys...Santana (Col)Baby...Bread (Kin)Your Move...Yes (Kin)Tell Me...Mat's South Com (MCA)

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2 1 MAGGIE MAYRod Stewart -Mercury -73224.K

5 8 SUPERSTARCarpenters-A&M-1289-W

8 11 YO YOOsmondsPolydor.2065482-Q

3 4 RAIN DANCEGuess Who-Nimbus.74 0522-N

O 11 12 ONE FINE MORNINGLighthouse-GRT-1230-10-T

7 4 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIEDOWN Joan Baez -Vanguard -35138-V

13 14 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANLee Michaels-A&M-1262.W

16 20 DOWN BY THE RIVERJoey Gregorash-Polydor-2065 073-Q

O 20 25 SWEET SOUNDS OF MUSICBells-Polydor-2065 077-Q

11 19 24 GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVESCher-Kapp.2146-J

12 18 19 BIRDS OF A FEATHERRaiders -Columbia

13 14 15 STAGGER LEETommy Roe -ABC -11397-N

14 22 32 NEVER MY LOVE5th Dimension -Bell -45134-M

15 7 6 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEYP&M McCartney -Apple -1837.F

16 6 5 I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNINGPartridge Family -Bell -45130-M

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LONG AGO AND FAR AWAYJames Taylor -Warner Bros -7521.P

TALK IT OVER IN THE MORNINGAnne Murray -Capitol -72649-F

CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEPMac & Katie Kissoon-Youngblood-Y 61026-Y

I'M COMIN' HOMETommy James -Roulette -7110-T

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PEACE TRAINCat Steven s-A&M-1291-W

ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOWDelaney & Bonnie-Atco-6831:1-P

SO FAR AWAYCarole King -Ode -66019.W

I'M A MANChic ago -Col umbi a -45467-H

LOVING HER WAS EASIERKris Kristofferson-Monument-8525-K

LIFE IS A CARNIVALBand -Capitol -3199-F

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT5 Man Electrical Band-Polydor

IMAGINEJohn Lennon -Apple

MARIANNEStephen Sti I Is -Atlantic -2820.P

I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLDTen Years After -Columbia -45457-H

SPANISH HARLEMAretha Franklin -Atlantic -2817-P

0 63 68 ONE MORE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMBDr. Music-GRT-45132-T

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I'VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWNFree Movement-Decca-32818-J

TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVEDenise LaSalle -Westbound -182-T

EASY LOVINGFreddy Hart -Capitol -3115-F

I BELIEVE IN YOURita Coolidge-A&M-1271-W

SUMMER SIDE OF LIFEGordon Lightfoot-Reprise.1035.P

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MACARTHUR PARKFour Tops-Tamla Motown -1189-V

WEDDING SONGPaul Stookey -Warner Bros -7511.P

42 29 28 SATURDAY MORNING CONFUSIONBobby Russell -United Artists -50788-J

43 47 47 THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DEL AN EYDIED -Tom T. Hall -Mercury -73221-K

44 49 60 YOU'RE MY PEOPLEPepper Tree -Capitol -72650.F

O 56 65 TIRED OF BEING ALONEAl Greene -Hi -2194-K

46 30 23 STICK UPHoneycone-Hot Wax -7106-M

47 57 74 LONESOME MARYChill i wack-A&M-321-W

O 62 78 CHARITY BALLFanny -Reprise -1033-P

WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY?Dawn -Bell -141-M

65 77 DO I LOVE YOUPaul Anka.Buddah-252-M

51 43 30 AIN'T NO SUNSHINEBill Withers-Sussex.219.V

84.... JENNIFERBobby Sherm an.Metromedi a -227-L

53 34 26 I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATERare Earth -Rare Earth -5031-V

54 53 61 ROLL ONNew Colony Six -Sunlight -1001-V

55 51 48 K-JEENite Liters-RCA.0461.N

56 44 33 KOKO JOEJerry Reed -RCA -1011.N

57 64 67 BUILD A TOWERBrahman.Mercury-73235-K

58 46 43 SMILING FACESUndisputed Truth-Tamla Motown -7108-V

59 26 27 YOU WON'T GET FOOLEDWho Decc a -32846-J

CO 92.... TWO DIVIDED BY LOVEGrass Roots -Dunhill -4289-N

61 66 79 SOME OF SHELLY'S BLUESNitty Gritty Dirt Band-U.A.-50817-J

91 .... MIDNIGHT MANJames Gang.ABC-11312-N

63 23 16 ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACEEngelbert Humperdinck.Parrot-40065-K

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DOLLY DAGGERJimi Hendrix -Reprise -1044-P

LOVIN' YOU AIN'T EASYPagliaro-Much-CH1010-K

66 68 71 THE LOVE WE HADDel I s -Cadet -5683-T

CANADA'S ONLY NATIONAL 100 SINGLE SURVEYCompiled from record company, radio station, and record store reports.

67 72 76 IF YOU REALLY LOVE MEStevie Wonder-Tamla Motown -54208-V

68 76 81 RUB IT INLayng Martine-Barnaby-2041-H

O 80 98 FIRST SIGN OF LOVEshbone-Celebration-2015 X -M

70 77 83 IT'S A CRYIN° SHAMEGayle McCormick -Dunhill -4288-N

CRAZY ARMS CRAZY EYESBrave Belt -Reprise -1039-P

72 32 22 ANNABELLAHamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds -Dunhill -4287.N

73 55 62 GLORY, GLORYByrds-Columbia-45444-H

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79 70 72 NOW I'M IN LOVETobias -MGM -1427 3-M

O es.... SHE'S ALL I'VE GOTFreddy North -Mankind -12004-Q

81 94 I DON'T NEED NO DOCTORHumble Pie-A&M-1282-W

82 97 THAT GIRL BECOMES A WOMANMichael Vincent-Avco Embassy -4583-N

83 61 37 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADJohn Denver -RCA -0445-N

84 67 50 CRAZY LOVEHelen Reddy -Capitol -3138-F

85 98 .... HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER METams -Dunhill -4290-N

86 60 54 GET IT WHILE YOU CANJanis Joplin -Columbia -45417-H

87 MAMMY BLUEPop Tops -Dunhill -11311-N

88 69 70 TRUE FINE VIRGINIAAllan J Ryan -Columbia -C4 -2961-H

89 .... MAMMY BLUEOak Island Treas.-Columbia-C43003-H

90 71 51 I AIN'T GOT TIME ANYMOREGlass Bottle-Avco-4575-N

91 . . . . . . . . SAHAJIYATommy Graham & Friends -Capitol -72651-F

92 79 64 THINK HIS NAMEJohnny Rivers -United Artists -50822-J

93 .... HELP (Get Me Some Help)Tony Ronald -RCA -75 1061-N

94 85 57 MILITARY MADNESSGraham Nash -Atlantic -2827-P

95 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOUSonny & Cher -Kapp -2151.J

96 88 86 UNCLE JEDCreamcheeze Goodtime-Dominion-146-E

97 93 93 ONE TIN SOLDIERCoven -Warner Bros -7509-P

98 89 97 RIVERBOAT IN THE RAINChosen Ones-Rada-168

99 .... IT'S ONLY LOVEElvis Presley -RCA -1017-N

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audience of 8,000 people (including our s) it would be possible to gross in the vicinity h

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mnies concerned would underwrite the travelling spearing at the concert. Several artists, including

nave offered their services on an honorary basis.

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nmense media reach of our visitors, we shall in as many reciprocal events as possible. It has

hat the Canadian Travel Office may care to

eon or dinner for our visitors. There are many rich various Canadian companies could take

presence of such a large group of European

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you any harm.

It may even benefit your own future, since your producer friend is likely to

return the favour in due course.

Bum/rapping and idle gossip are things we can well do without. Your

fiercest competitor is the producer in Des Moines or Chicago, not the guy

down the street. The Americans are the guys we are hurting every time a

Canadian disc goes into the U.S. charts - for every one hit Canada gets

in there, it naturally follows that one less American record is making it. That fact should always be borne in mind.

Whereas once upon a time, people would fight and kill and maim in the

name of their country; let us now promote and publicize and grease in

the name of our Canadian music industry.

The CRMA, long a bastion of inner sanctum secrecy and non=involvement,

is starting to get its gig together. That alone is a monumental step forward, a

point which we cannot over -emphasize.

The CRTC gave us the means to get a Canadian music industry started. Now

we're going back to the Canadian Government with a plan to really put

Canada on the musical map. We're

soon going to know just how much those people in Ottawa care about us.

It's all us and them, not you and me. Once we've gotten that straight, we're

in the race. Personally, we like to think the race is already on.

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is halfway with CRMA support

No matter which way you look at it, last week's decision by the CRMA to

co-sponsor and financially support the Maple Music Junket was an event of historic proportions.

In case you haven't heard, the Cana- dian Recording Manufacturers' Associ-

ation have decided to sink their reputation and $20.000 of their royalties

into helping the Maple Music Junket.

In addition, the CRMA will jointly sponsor the Junket with RPM Weekly

and Grapevine Magazine, the national consumer paper.

With the total cost of the Junket expected to be around $45,000 (and taking into account two earlier

pledges of $1,000 each from personal managers, Don Hunter and Tom

Wilson), it is now up to the Canadian Government to provide the remainder

of the cost of this highly ambitious project.

We have no doubts that various Govern- ment departments will come up with

the money. Admittedly they are bom- barded frequently with financial re- quests from all sorts of strange organi-

zations, but it's not often that they are presented with a basic working

proposal and a pledge for half the cost of an international promotion to aid

a Canadian industry. That is professionalism par excellence.

The Maple Music Junket was first out- lined in this publication a couple of

months ago by the Canadian rock journalist, Ritchie Yorke, who had put

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together the concept in a conversation in London with the editor of the New

Musical Express, Andy Gray. The response to the Junket was surprisingly good, and Yorke proceeded with the

setting up of a detailed proposal.

Meetings with several members of the CRMA ultimately resulted in the major

labels inviting Yorke to attend their next scheduled semi-annual get to-

gether, which took place in Mont Gabriel, a Laurentians ski resort.

Those of us who were aware of

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Yorke's mission of mercy were none too hopeful for its outcome.

It was no use kidding ourselves. Tra- ditionally the CRMA had been a body

loathe to involve itself in anything. Even when the odds were heavily

stacked in their favour, many of the Canadian majors have simply avoided

any sort of confrontation with any- body. The CRMA's decision not to make any representation at the CRTC

Canadian content hearing, last April, (apparently for fear of stepping on broadcaster toes) has subsequently

turned out to be a mistake of almost classical proportion and also an

error which has been very costly in terms of image.

As the Guess Who's producer, Jack Richardson, observed in the recent

Spotlight on Canada (Billboard): "The CRMA is really made up of ex-

ecutives too embroiled in their own labels to recognize industry problems..

....They have never come out and made

a stand on anything."

Bearing all this in mind, we doubt if even such an optimist as Ritchie

Yorke would have laid many bets on RICHARD continued on page 14

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MUSIC JUNKET

(Reprinted below is the main portion of a proposal setforth by a group of Canadian industry music peopleinterested in bringing to Canada, members of theconsumer and trade music press from the UK andContinental Europe.)

A PROPOSAL TO TRANSPORT A LARGENUMBER OF EUROPEAN PRESS AND MEDIAPEOPLE TO CANADA TO WITNESS THECANADIAN MUSIC SCENE AT FIRST HANDAND TO SPEND A MINIMUM OF THREEDAYS IN THIS COUNTRY IN SPRING '72

THE PURPOSES

Although Canadian -produced music has recently been makinga great deal of noise and money in both Canada and the UnitedStates, our contributions to the rock music culture would appearto have fallen on deaf ears in Europe and the United Kingdom.

In the current year, there have been more Canadian records onthe U.S. best selling lists than in any previous year. As a resultof the CRTC legislation for Canadian content on AM airwavesin this country, the nation is undergoing a musical boom of nominor proportions. This spectacular growth is detailed morefully in another section of this proposal.

In 1970, a total of 16 Canadian records reached the Americanbest sellers list, but only two of these repeated their U.S. successin Europe. They were the Guess Who's "American Woman" and"Snowbird" by Anne Murray.

All told, the Guess Who (a five man group from Winnipeg) havehad 12 hit singles and six hit albums in the United States. Thegroup is expected to gross $5 -million in the present year. TheGuess Who command a concert fee per night of between$10,000 and $15,000 in the U.S.A. Yet only one of their records(the above -mentioned "American Woman") has managed toreach the English charts.

The Guess Who are Canada's best-known show business export,and are regarded as one of the ten foremost pop music attractionsin the U.S. Yet they mean next to nothing in Europe.

Canadian music has been getting the short end of the stick inEurope. A number of reasons have been brought forward toaccount for this, but the principal fault would seem to be thelack of promotion and publicity for Canadian artists in Britainand Europe.

Another example of this is a Montreal group called The Bells.Their recording of "Stay Awhile" sold more than 100,000 copiesin Canada, and over a million in the U.S. It brought a minimumof $50,000 in royalties back into Canada. Yet it did not sell1,000 copies in England.

The European record -buying market (as a total entity) is largerthan the U.S. market, and therefore represents a very large regionof activity for Canadian artists in general.

Ritchie Yorke, Canada's most widely syndicated music journalistand a frequent European visitor, claims that Canadian music andmusicians are virtually unknown in the U.K. and mainlandEurope. Mr. Yorke is Canadian editor of Billboard (the leadinginternational music business weekly), a weekly columnist inRPM Weekly (Canada's foremost music trade publication) andpresident of the corporation which publishes Grapevine, Canada'snational consumer pop music paper.

Mr. Yorke also notes that although Canada has traditionally

followed the American hit charts (in terms of domestic airplayand sales), this is not the case in England. Barely one in tenAmerican hits repeat that success in Europe.

Mr. Yorke has discussed this situation at length with many pro-minent figures in the European music industry. For example,Mr. Andy Gray, the editor of the New Musical Express (publishedin England and regarded as the best-selling weekly music paper inthe world) believes that the only way to effectively focus attentionon the Canadian music scene is by bringing the European opinion -makers (music critics, disc jockeys, radio station programmers,newspaper editors, etc.) to Canadian soil for a first hand look atjust what is happening here.

Mr. Gray says that such junkets are standard business practice inEuropean music press circles, and Mr. Gray himself makes annualvisits to South America, Greece, Brussels, Rome and Paris coveringsuch events as music festivals and appearances by British groups.

Mr. Gray also notes the long term benefits of such a junket. Althougheach writer, for instance, may only print two or three stories onCanadian music after the junket, the impressions of Canada remainwith him considerably longer and inevitably turn up in later stories.

Mr. Gray's basic ideas for such a Maple Music Junket were recentlyoutlined by Ritchie Yorke in a column for RPM Magazine, whichis attached.

THE GROWTH IN CANADIAN MUSIC

Two years ago, Canadian music was virtually a non-existentspecies. Canadian radio stations usually did not play records byCanadians, and this country's contributions to the world of musicwere pitifully small.

In the light of the CRTC domestic content ruling for AM radiostations, there has been a vast improvement in this situation. Inpoint of fact, Canada has become the world's third leading pro-ducer of international hit records (led only by the U.S. andBritain).

In his forthcoming book on Canadian music, Axes Chops andHot Licks (which is to be published November 5 by M.G. HurtigLtd. of Edmonton), Ritchie Yorke says that the Canadian musicscene is probably the fastest growing industry in the country. Twoyears ago, it meant next to nothing. In 1971, it has been estimatedthat Canadian music will bring in excess of $10 -million intoCanada from diverse international sources. The potential forgrowth, reports Mr. Yorke, is also enormous.

Such growth however will only be realized by an investment inthe future by the Canadian music industry, and the CanadianGovernment (whose stake in any cultural growth, and for thatmatter, economic growth, is of vital importance). That is thereason for this proposal.

PROJECT SPECIFICS

The Maple Music Junket was first brought to the attention of theCanadian music industry through an article by Ritchie Yorke inRPM Magazine (which has been publishing weekly since February,1964). It is one of the few independent publications of any kindin Canada. A copy of the article has been attached.

The response to the article was immediate, and extremely favor-able. Two of Canada's foremost talent managers immediatelypledged $1,000 each towards the cost of the venture. The servicesof several top Canadian artists were also offered.

It is felt by the editors of RPM Weekly and Grapevine (theCanadian consumer pop paper) that half the estimated cost of theventure could be raised privately within the music industry in thiscountry. To this end, there have been meetings with CAPAC(Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada Ltd.)and several industry executives, all of which have indicated artis-tic and financial support. Mr. Ritchie Yorke has been scheduledto meet with members of the CRMA (Canadian RecordManufacturers' Association) early in October to present this pro-

posal. It is hoped that at the conclusion of this meetin,of $25,000 will have been made available by the Canadindustry for half the cost of the Maple Music Junket.

This, of course, is only half the necessary budgeted cosventure. Therefore, the proposal is being submitted toing bodies: The Secretary of State, the Canadian RadicCommission, the Canadian Travel Bureau, Canada Courthe Department of Industry Trade and Commerce. Itthat the Canadian Government (through the auspices 01mentioned departments) will subsidize the Maple Musicthe interests of balance of payments, the recognition ofmusicians in Europe and greater acceptance of these taldomestic marketplace. The assumption is that what's gthe Canadian music industry would also seem to be benCanada as a whole.

The Maple Music Junket would be jointly sponsored byWeekly and Grapevine Magazine. Mr. Walt Grealis andYorke have pledged their time, efforts and consultationities in an honorary capacity. An executive planning ccis now being appointed. Individuals who have indicate(desire to serve on this committee include Mr. Don Humof the Guess Who), Mr. Jack Richardson (president of t'Ltd., Canada's most successful independent productionMr. Bernard Finkelstein (president of True North RecorMr. Arnold Gosewich (president of Capitol Records of (and Mr. Frank Davies, (president of Love Productions La former British music business executive).

It has been suggested that the Maple Music Junket shouplace over a minimum three-day period in Toronto, andconcentrate on English Canadian music, since English islanguage of the international music industry.

English music (be it from Canada, the U.S. or Britain) h.tionally demonstrated an ability to transcend language tThroughout the world and in a score of different languaEnglish pop music has become a communication mediurcan break through language and cultural barriers.

However since some of the people who would be invitecFrench as a native tongue, it is planned to present at lea,French Canadian artists in concert during the junket, anfeature at least one prominent French Canadian authoriQuebec music on a speakers' forum.

A minimum of 100 European press people would be invijoin the junket, which would be co-ordinated through aLondon public relations company. This number wouldwriters, radio and TV people, editor and columnists frorfollowing countries - England, France, Spain, Italy, AustSwitzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Gre,Portugal, and perhaps even Iron Curtain countries. Thelist (which is attached) would be compiled on a basis ofmarket (i.e. England and Germany would be most strongrepresented, since they are the two largest record markeEurope).

Initial press exposure of the Maple Music Junket (refer aclippings) has drawn wholehearted enthusiasm from Eurmedia circles.

The invitation list includes the cream of the European yipress, and would provide a unique opportunity for the pof Canada as a wonderful and well -endowed tourist centhas never been such a concentrated gathering of the Euryouth press on Canadian soil.

The proposed itinerary for the junket is attached. The ebudget is also to be found herewith. It has been suggestsbecause of the harshness of the Canadian winter, the J urbe held next Spring.

The Maple Music junket, we firmly believe, represents aopportunity for the Canadian Government to further deits belief in the growth and widening development and aof Canadian music throughout the world.

rierican hit charts (in terms of domestic airplay is not the case in England. Barely one in ten

epeat that success in Europe.

liscussed this situation at length with many pro- m the European music industry. For example,

, the editor of the New Musical Express (published

regarded as the best-selling weekly music paper in

!yes that the only way to effectively focus attention music scene is by bringing the European opinion- :ritics, disc jockeys, radio station programmers,

3rs, etc.) to Canadian soil for a first hand look at ,pening here.

hat such junkets are standard business practice in

press circles, and Mr. Gray himself makes annual 4merica, Greece, Brussels, Rome and Paris covering

nusic festivals and appearances by British groups.

otes the long term benefits of such a junket. Although instance, may only print two or three stories on

: after the junket, the impressions of Canada remain

lerably longer and inevitably turn up in later stories.

ideas for such a Maple Music Junket were recently chie Yorke in a column for RPM Magazine, which

VTH IN CANADIAN MUSIC

Canadian music was virtually a non-existent

ran radio stations usually did not play records by this country's contributions to the world of music

he CRTC domestic content ruling for AM radio

las been a vast improvement in this situation. In :anada has become the world's third leading pro- ational hit records (led only by the U.S. and

ing book on Canadian music, Axes Chops and :h is to be published November 5 by M.G. Hurtig

ton), Ritchie Yorke says that the Canadian music ly the fastest growing industry in the country. Two

:ant next to nothing. In 1971, it has been estimated nusic will bring in excess of $10 -million into verse international sources. The potential for Mr. Yorke, is also enormous.

iwever will only be realized by an investment in

le Canadian music industry, and the Canadian hose stake in any cultural growth, and for that

iic growth, is of vital importance). That is the

)roposal.

3PECIFICS

c Junket was first brought to the attention of the industry through an article by Ritchie Yorke in

(which has been publishing weekly since February, of the few independent publications of any kind

Spy of the article has been attached.

the article was immediate, and extremely favor- anada's foremost talent managers immediately

each towards the cost of the venture. The services

anadian artists were also offered.

editors of RPM Weekly and Grapevine (the

mer pop paper) that half the estimated cost of the

e raised privately within the music industry in this is end, there have been meetings with CAPAC

ithors and Publishers Association of Canada Ltd.)

istry executives, all of which have indicated artis- I support. Mr. Ritchie Yorke has been scheduled

embers of the CRMA (Canadian Record Association) early in October to present this pro-

posal. It is hoped that at the conclusion of this meeting, a total of $25,000 will have been made available by the Canadian music

industry for half the cost of the Maple Music Junket.

This, of course, is only half the necessary budgeted cost of the venture. Therefore, the proposal is being submitted to the follow-

ing bodies: The Secretary of State, the Canadian Radio -Television Commission, the Canadian Travel Bureau, Canada Council, and

the Department of Industry Trade and Commerce. It is hoped that the Canadian Government (through the auspices of the above

- mentioned departments) will subsidize the Maple Music Junket, in

the interests of balance of payments, the recognition of Canadian musicians in Europe and greater acceptance of these talents in the domestic marketplace. The assumption is that what's good for

the Canadian music industry would also seem to be beneficial to Canada as a whole.

The Maple Music Junket would be jointly sponsored by RPM Weekly and Grapevine Magazine. Mr. Walt Grealis and Mr. Ritchie Yorke have pledged their time, efforts and consultation availabil-

ities in an honorary capacity. An executive planning committee is now being appointed. Individuals who have indicated their

desire to serve on this committee include Mr. Don Hunter (manager of the Guess Who), Mr. Jack Richardson (president of Nimbus 9

Ltd., Canada's most successful independent production company), Mr. Bernard Finkelstein (president of True North Records),

Mr. Arnold Gosewich (president of Capitol Records of Canada Ltd.), and Mr. Frank Davies, (president of Love Productions Ltd., and

a former British music business executive).

It has been suggested that the Maple Music Junket should take place over a minimum three-day period in Toronto, and would

concentrate on English Canadian music, since English is the primary language of the international music industry.

English music (be it from Canada, the U.S. or Britain) has traditionally demonstrated an ability to transcend language barriers.

Throughout the world and in a score of different languages, English pop music has become a communication medium which

can break through language and cultural barriers.

However since some of the people who would be invited speak French as a native tongue, it is planned to present at least two top French Canadian artists in concert during the junket, and also to feature at least one prominent French Canadian authority on Quebec music on a speakers' forum.

A minimum of 100 European press people would be invited to join the junket, which would be co-ordinated through a leading

London public relations company. This number would include writers, radio and TV people, editor and columnists from the

following countries -

England, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Holland,

Portugal, and perhaps even Iron Curtain countries. The actual list (which is attached) would be compiled on a basis of size of

market (i.e. England and Germany would be most strongly represented, since they are the two largest record markets in

Europe).

Initial press exposure of the Maple Music Junket (refer attached clippings) has drawn wholehearted enthusiasm from European

media circles.

The invitation list includes the cream of the European youth press, and would provide a unique opportunity for the promotion

of Canada as a wonderful and well -endowed tourist centre. There has never been such a concentrated gathering of the European

youth press on Canadian soil.

The proposed itinerary for the junket is attached. The estimated budget is also to be found herewith. It has been suggested that

because of the harshness of the Canadian winter, the Junket should be held next Spring.

The Maple Music Junket, we firmly believe, represents a unique opportunity for the Canadian Government to further demonstrate

its belief in the growth and widening development and acceptance of Canadian music throughout the world.

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The CRTC decision to impose a domestic content ruling on AM broadcasters made a Canadian music industry possible. The time

has now come to capitalize on the very real and very large potential of Canadian music on the international scene in every corner of the globe.

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Arrival Transportation to hotel by bus

Free evening to recover from time delays and

journey

Breakfast at hotel Bus tour of Toronto

Luncheon Introduction to Canadian Music. Prominent

guest speakers and a selection of Canadian music on record

A visit to a Toronto recording studio Dinner

Canadian Films (NFB Productions, travel films on Canada, etc.)

Informal cocktail party

Breakfast at hotel

Bus trip to Niagara Falls (with Travel Bureau guides and Canadian music en route) Dinner

An evening at a Toronto coffee house with entertainment by prominent Canadian

artists

Breakfast at hotel Free morning for shopping

Luncheon Informal get-together with Canadian artists,

writers and producers Dinner (guest speakers to include a represent-

ative of the CRTC)

All Star Canadian Music Concert at Ontario Place, followed by reception

Breakfast Bus to Toronto Airport

Return flight to London

ITINERARY ARRANGEMENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO CANADIAN MUSIC (2nd day)

It is proposed that several guest speakers contribute commentary and background information to this brief breakdown of the history

of contemporary music in Canada. Records will be played and a pictorial slide presentation utilized to introduce the visiting press

to the history of music in Canada.

A VISIT TO A TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO (2nd day)

Several major studios have indicated their desire to make their facilities available free of charge for this visit. It would be arranged for a top Canadian group to be recording at the time of

the visit.

CANADIAN FILMS (2nd day)

The purpose would be to show the visitors something of Canada through the film media. Musical films will obviously be given

preference, but with two hours to fill, there is plenty of room for travel -oriented material. It may be possible for this screening to

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MUSIC JUNKET continued from page 13

take place in the theatre at Ontario Place.

It is planned to work closely with the NFB and the CanadianTravel Office in determining program content.

BUS TOUR TO NIAGARA FALLS (3rd day)

Our coaches would be equipped with tape equipment to pipeCanadian music through the vehicles. The press would beescorted through the Falls by Canadian travel guides, and lunchwould be arranged during the excursion.

AN EVENING AT A TORONTO COFFEE HOUSE (3rd day)

Mr. B. Fiedler, owner of the Riverboat Coffee House, has indicateda desire to make his establishment available for an evening ofCanadian performers, with the accent on those artists mostsuited to an intimate atmosphere.

INFORMAL INTERVIEWS WITH CANADIAN PERFORMERS(4th day)

Many of Canada's foremost artists would attend the reception tomeet foreign press and to undertake interviews. TV and radiotaping facilities would be made available.

ALL STAR CANADIAN MUSIC CONCERT (4th day)

Martin Onrot, one of Toronto's best known entrepreneurs, has

offered his honorary services in the organization of this concert,which would be held at Ontario Place. CHUM, through programsupervisor, J. Robert Wood, have offered their honorary servicesin the promotion of the concert. It is felt that the public couldbe charged $2. per person to attend the all-star event.

With a potential audience of 8,000 people (including ourEuropean visitors) it would be possible to gross in the vicinityof $15,000. which -- after a minimum of organization expenses --

could be returned to Government departments which hadsubsidized the Junket.

The record companies concerned would underwrite the travellingcosts of artists appearing at the concert. Several artists, includingthe Guess Who, have offered their services on an honorary basis.

MISCELLANEOUS TIE-INS

Because of the immense media reach of our visitors, we shallendeavour to tie in as many reciprocal events as possible. It hasbeen suggested that the Canadian Travel Office may care toorganize a luncheon or dinner for our visitors. There are manyother ways in which various Canadian companies could takeadvantage of the presence of such a large group of Europeanmedia people.

Once a firm committment has been obtained from the Canadianmusic industry, and the Government has indicated its support, anexecutive planning board will be appointed and organizationwill begin.

RICHARD continued from page 11

his ability to convince the CRMA toget behind the Maple Music Junket.Their track record had indicated theywould likely send Yorke away with avague promise of getting behind theJunket once it was off and running.We were all wrong. Somehow Yorkedid manage to get the CRMA to com-mit itself to wholehearted support.Just how he did it may never be re-vealed. Yorke has been extremelyclose-mouthed about the entire af-fair' at Mont Gabriel. All he will say isthat he firmly believes the MapleMusic Junket is now a 99% cer-tainty to take place. Looking at thecold facts of the matter, we find itdifficult to disagree with him.

We would however like to warmlycommend the CRMA and its memberson demonstrating such initiative andinsight - especially since these traitshave not always been among thebody's major assets.

It could be that the Maple Music Junk-et may be just the spark to get the

really involved in what's goingdown in Canada. Who knows?

Maybe by this time next year, CRMAcritics such as Jack Richardson andother CIRPA members will see fit toamalgamate their own efforts with theCRMA.

One thing is for sure - the CRMA hascome out from behind its corporatecamouflage and has shown a desire toget in there and get it on. It is a policywhich the CRMA could hardly have

cause to regret in the future, especi-ally in view of what is presently hap -penning in the Canadian music scene.

Informed observers of this scene ofours are beginning to talk about a newwave of teammanship developing here.They point to the landmark CRMAdecision, and they also talk of the in-volvement of various Canadian musi-cians in helping out each other. The re-cent Crowbar concert at Massey Hallwith its cast of scores (including mem-bers of Lighthouse, Doctor Music,Everyday People, etc.) was ample evi-dence of that.

It is our opinion that such a wider-

horizon type of thinking will onlybring greater rewards for the Canadianmusic scene. The problems we face inthe global marketplace are far toonumerous and too taxing for a singleindividual or company. They are in-dustry hassles, and they can only bedealt with by the industry as a whole.

Finally, it would seem, the industry isawakening to an awareness of thataspect of its future. You need to sowseeds to get a good crop, and the moreyou can do up front for the soil inwhich you are planting the seeds, thebetter your end result is likely to be.The more we Canadians plough intoour music scene the more everybodywill reap. That doesn't only apply todollars. It equally applies to helpingout your competitors on issues ofwider significance. If one of yourproducer colleagues is having troublegetting a record on a certain station

where you are held in good stead, aword or two in his favour won't doyou any harm.

It may even benefit your own future,since your producer friend is likely toreturn the favour in due course.Bum/rapping and idle gossip arethings we can well do without. Yourfiercest competitor is the producer inDes Moines or Chicago, not the guydown the street. The Americans arethe guys we are hurting every time aCanadian disc goes into the U.S.charts - for every one hit Canada getsin there, it naturally follows that oneless American record is making it. Thatfact should always be borne in mind.

Whereas once upon a time, peoplewould fight and kill and maim in thename of their country; let us nowpromote and publicize and grease inthe name of our Canadian music in-dustry.

The CRMA, long a bastion of innersanctum secrecy and non=involvement,is starting to get its gig together. Thatalone is a monumental step forward, apoint which we cannot over -emphasize,

The CRTC gave us the means to get aCanadian music industry started. Nowwe're going back to the CanadianGovernment with a plan to really putCanada on the musical map. We'resoon going to know just how muchthose people in Ottawa care about us.It's all us and them, not you and me.Once we've gotten that straight, we'rein the race. Personally, we like to thinkthe race is already on.

MMJ - is halfway wNo matter which way you look at it,last week's decision by the CRMA toco-sponsor and financially supportthe Maple Music Junket was an eventof historic proportions.

In case you haven't heard, the Cana-dian Recording Manufacturers' Associ-ation have decided to sink their repu-tation and $20.000 of their royaltiesinto helping the Maple Music Junket.

In addition, the CRMA will jointlysponsor the Junket with RPM Weeklyand Grapevine Magazine, the nationalconsumer paper.

With the total cost of the Junket ex-pected to be around $45,000 (andtaking into account two earlierpledges of $1,000 each from per-sonal managers, Don Hunter and TomWilson), it is now up to the CanadianGovernment to provide the remainderof the cost of this highly ambitiousproject.

We have no doubts that various Govern-ment departments will come up withthe money. Admittedly they are bom-barded frequently with financial re-quests from all sorts of strange organi-zations, but it's not often that theyare presented with a basic working

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This listing is a cross-reference to the RPM 100 singles. A fast way to find

single order numbers.

Absolutely Right (29) Ain't No Sunshine (51)

All I Ever Need Is You (95) Annabelle (72)

Another time Another Place (63) Birds Of A Feather (12) Build A Tower (57)

Charity Ball (48) Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (19) Crazy Arms Crazy Eyes (71) Crazy Love (84)

Desiderata (74) Do I Love You (50)

Dolly Dagger (64) Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself (75) Down By The River (9)

Do You Know What I Mean (8) Easy Loving (37) First Sign Of Love (69) Get It While You Can (86)

Glory Glory (73) Go Away Little Girl (1)

Gypsy, Tramps & Thieves (11) Help (Get Me Some Help) (93) Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (85)

Ain't Got Time Anymore (90) Believe In You (38)

d Love To Change The World (32) Don't Need No Doctor (81)

f You Really Love Me (67) Just Want To Celebrate (53)

magine (30) m A Man (26) m Comin' Home (20)

nner City Blues (100) t's A Cryin' Shame (70) t's For You (21) t's Only Love (99)

ve Found Someone Of My Own (35) Woke Up In Love This Morning (16)

Jennifer (52) K-Jee (55) Koko Jo (56)

Life Is A Carnival (28) Lonesome Mary (47)

Long Ago And Far Away (17) Loving Her Was Easier (27) Lovin You Ain't Easy (65)

MacArthur Park Maggie May (2)

Mammy Blue (89) Marianne (31) Midnight Man (62) Military Madness (94)

Never My Love (14) Now I'm In Love (79) One Fine Morning (6) One More Mountain To Climb (34) One Tin Soldier (97) Only You Know And I Know (24)

Peace Train (23) Rain Dance (5)

Riverboat In The Rain (98) Roll On (54) Rub It In (68)

Sahajiya (91) Saturday Morning Confusion (42)

She's All I've I Got (80) Smiling Faces (58)

So Far Away (25) Some Of Shelley's Blues (61)

Spanish Harlem (33) Stagger Lee (13)

Stick Up (46) Stone Of Years (77)

Summer Side Of Life (39) Superstar (3)

Sweet Sounds Of Music (10) Take Me Home Country Road (83) Talk It Over In The Morning (18) That Girl's Become A Woman (82) The Love We Had (66)

Theme From Shaft (76) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (7) The Story In Your Eyes (22) The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (43)

Think His Name (92) Tired Of Being Alone (45)

Touch (78) Trapped By A Thing Called Love (36)

True Fine Virginia (88) Two Divided By Love (60)

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (15) Uncle Jed (96)

Wedding Song (41) What Are You Doing Sunday (49)

You're My People (44) You Won't Get Fooled (59) Yo Yo (4)

:4 Xi NEW ON CANADIAN CHARTS

CHED - Edmonton, Alta. Wayne Bryant

Baby...Bread (Kin) Carnival-Band (Cap)

Got To Care...North West Co (Lon) 67&68...Chicago (Col)

CKRD - Red Deer, Alta. Stu Morton

Fool...Gilbert Montagne (Col) What Doing Sun...Dawn (Qua)

Valerie ...Cymarron (Col) Prayer...Campbell/Murray (Cap)

Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol) Got To Care...North West Co (Lon)

Cousin Norman...Marmalade (Lon) Co Co...Sweet (Qua)

Look Yourself...Uriah Heep (Lon) Hot Stuff...Jean Knight I'm A Man...Chicago (Col)

Spill Wine...Isley Bros (Qua)

CHEX - Peterboro, Ont. Ron Johnston

Shaft...Isaac Hayes (Pol) Inner City...Marvin Gaye (Amp)

Tired...AI Green (MCA) Stone...Emmerson Lake/Palmer

Loving...Kristofferson (Lon)

CJME - Regina, Sask. Dave Mitchell

Shaft...lsaac Hayes (Pol) Two Divided...Grass Roots (RCA)

Wedding Song...Paul Stookey (Kin) Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol)

CHUM - Toronto, Ont. Doug Rawlinson Easy Lovin'...Freddie Hart (Cap)

Bless You...Martha/Vandellas (Amp) Inner City...Marvin Gaye (Amp)

CKLG - Vancouver Roy Hennessy

Change World...10 Yrs After (Col) Desiderata...Les Crane (Kin)

Mammy Blue...Pop Tops (RCA) Easy Loving...Freddie Hart (Cap)

Believe In You...Rita Coolidge (A&M) 67&68...Chicago (Col)

CKGM - Montreal John Mackey Bow Down...Joshua (GRT) Wild Night...Van Morrison (Kin)

Trapped...Denise LaSalle (GRT)

CKLW - Windsor, Ont. Alden Diehl Lost Son...Frijid Pink (Lon)

Prayer...Campbell/Murray (Cap) Lisa Listen...BS&T (Col)

Can't Make It...Fresh Air (GRT) Lovin'...Traffic (Kin)

Baby...Bread (Kin) Rock Steady...Aretha Franklin (Kin)

Got To Be...Michael Jackson Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol)

Don't Want To Live...Bee Gees (Kin) Everybodys...Santana (Col)

CHSC - St. Catharines, Ont. Chris Ford

Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Pol) Carnival...Band (Cap)

Change World...10 Yrs After (Col) Everybodys...Santana (Col)

Baby...Bread (Kin) Your Move...Yes (Kin) Tell Me...Mat's South Corn (MCA)

CFNB - Radio Atlantic Larry Dickinson

Two Divided...Grass Roots (RCA) Long Ago...James Taylor (Kin)

Carnival...Band (Cap) Woman's Love...Laura

CFAR - Flin F Ion, man. Garry Roberts Love Me...Tapestry (Pol) Spill Wine...Isley Bros (Qua)

Absolutely...5 Man Elec Bnd (Rol) Imagine...John Lennon (Cap)

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Two Kinney acts for "The Great Performers"

Two Kinney Music acts, Canada's Gordon Lightfoot and Seals and Crofts, are slated to appear in the "Great Performers" series at Philhar- monic Hall in New York City. The

prestigious series features major performers from the world of music.

Seals and Crofts are a new Kinney acquisition. A November release date

has been set for their first album on the Warner Bros. label, "Year of

Sunday". They are skedded to perform November 12th.

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NEW ALBUMSTEASER AND THE FIRECAT CAT STEVENSCat Stevens (A&M) SP 4313-WCanadian Gold on release,this set is sure-fire saleswith "Moonshadow" andthe British star's latesteffort, "Peace Train". Atlast, Cat Stevens has comeinto his own.

RASMUSSEN(Reprise) 6449-PRasmussen is a sort of non-descript, unclassifiablevinyl happening. In spite ofa general tendency to bore-dom, the album does have afew highpoints such as"Johnny Got His Gun", and"Lady Sunshine". Worth aI isten.

SKIP A ROPEMike Graham(Rodeo) SRLP 7120-KGraham is one of the countryartists who is destined forthe pop market, once he dis-cards some of the influencesthat could be holding himback. When he relaxes andlust lays it on as he feelsit, he shines. Much of set re-veals this hidden quality, inparticular, "These Things".

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AN IRISH NIGHT AT THEBLACK KNIGHT LOUNGERyan's Fancy(Marathon) MS 2105-CThis type of ethnic music isusually soul penetrating onits own but there's a certainmagic flavouring when anaudience is involved. Groupwill probably be their ownbest promotion.

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RETURN OF DOUG SALDANA(Philips) PHS 600353-KDoug Saldana (Sahm) wi IIbe remembered for the SirDouglas Quintet, a hit rockband of years gone by. Dougis back with some old rockstylings and generally listen -able material. Will need alarge sized push.

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MILL SUPPLY(Crescent Street)CS 1860-MLabel's first album releaseis an indication it shouldbecome a potent mover inthe Cancon game. MillSupply is a group withvocal and instrumentaldepth amply illustrated inthis set. "Granny's Kitchen"is our favourite.

ATMOSPHEREDanyel Gerard(La Compagnie) LP 1008-KAlmost too late to take advan-tage of the fantastic free pro-motion given "Butterfly" cutby CFRB's George Wilson, butcould still make it in view ofinterest from the U.S. It'sFrench done by a German andsuperbly put together.

PEACE BEFORE WE DIEJames Trumbo (Fantasy)(Fantasy) 8413-RPleasant, predominantlyhappy sounds abound onthis one. Not exactly topforty meat for the grinder,but it might find a measureof commercial popularity."Woman Child" is ourkind of song.

PLAY ME A SAD SONGAl Hooper/Blue Diamonds(Dominion) LPS 21023-EHow can a country artist gowrong. The Laurie BowerSingers - Al Brisco - PatRiccio - Ray Feener - DougWatters - Eddy Poirier -Shane Dorey and Hooper onrhythm. A class country setmoving in the direction whereCanadian country should be.

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IN SEARCH OF A SONGTom T.Hal I(Mercury) SR 61350-KHall just keeps on happeningand his "Clayton Delaney"bit, contained here, introducedhim to the Top 40 crowd for ashort spell which could bean indication of where Hallmight be heading.

MICHAEL VINCENT - That Girl's Become A Won(Michael Vincent) Brenko/Avemb Songs - ProdMOT: Vancouveriteo now living in Toronto° hadtelevision artist and tried his hand° unsuccessfnow back on the disc scene and although tapedlooks good, Voice is still very strong which poiFlip: Baby Don't Give Me That Goodbye LookBilyk) Northchester/Betanne-CAPAC

LEE ROY - My Soul Sings Out - RCA 75-1065.(Leroy Anderson) Beechwood Canada-BMI -COUNTRY; But he'll go pop and in no time. Onmusic we call Canadian° Lee Roy, has perhapsany single artist in RCA's roster, A sincere feewith superb backing and arrangements that mak(Flip: Little Girl (same credits as plug side.)

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RICK PEARSON - Waving Bye - Palas House(Rick Pearson) Palas House-BMI - Prod: DaveMOR: The team of Pearson, Palaschuk and Shaycellent showcase for this young Winnipeg talentavailable at Century 21 (Winnipeg). Perhaps he'than MOR but there's so little difference he'll pand could be a left fielder for the Top 40 markevocal effort with excellent and subtle guitar woFlip: All Our Good Times (same credits as plug

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GEORGE WALKER - Life's Seasons - RCA 75(George Walker) Sunbury Music-CAPAC,MOR: Another voice out of the past, but this tina feeling of voice superiority° which is actuallyperformance an exquisite club act with a lush bFlip: Attend To Me (same credits os plug side,;

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WEDNESDAY - Hang On Girl - Ampex AC 130,(Begg/Smith/O'Neil/Dufeck) Skyline North/MidC/Danie Is/ J Driscoll.MOT: First effort by young Oshawa° Ontario grcwinners and points up what a group of businesswith Canadian talent.. Wednesday have resortedalmost puts them into a heavy bag° but not quit(back into the highly commercial field and whatFlip:Velvet Colours (same credits as plug side

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CHRISTOPHER ROBIN - Hello Yellow Good B(Ken Christenson) MJ.S-BMIFlip: Ballad Of Dick & Jane (Freedom My Love

MICHAEL BRANDON - Snowtime - Pollyanna(Michael Brandon/Carl Arthur MacLeod) Mc BranFlip: Happiness Is Back With Us Again (same c

PAUL MARTIN & HIS SOUND FACTORY - Upl(Betty Mabry) No publishing listed - Prod: PauFlip: Comeon (Paul Martin) PSI/Hoadley Nous(

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Grant has reigned as music director at CKOC. During that time the station

has gained an unequalled reputation as the most responsible citizen of

Canadian pop broadcasting.

Hamilton is a major market. 'OC faces competition from tough sources,

Toronto and Buffalo as well as the immediate area. Nevin has managed

to live with that and still break new releases. He has the strength of his

convictions and taste to match when it comes to untested product. "Better to be wrong once in a while than miss

a good record." he once told me.

Moreover, Nevin derives genuine pleasure from picking a hit. While his

competitors may choose to wait until the record is tested out in smaller

markets or word filters down from the tip sheets, Nevin is in the audition room

listening for himself. Recently he called to suggest that I listen to the new Paul

Anka song (one of the records he was later forced to refuse MLS rights

because of the late submission). I didn't hear the song anywhere else for

several days, but in the meantime, 'OC was wearing out the grooves.

That's what a music director is supposed SMITH continued on page 19

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TAPE SELLERS

1 4 EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY Rod Stewart (Mercury)

MCR 41609-K SC8 1609-K 2 1 MAN IN BLACK

Johnny Cash (Columbia) CA 30550-H CT 30550-H

3 2 TAPESTRY Carole King (Ode)

CS 77009-W 8T 77009-W 4 3 RAM

Paul/Linda McCartney (Apple) 4XT 3375-F 8XT 3375-F

5 7 TALK IT OVER IN THE MORNING Anne Murray (Capitol) 4XT 6366-F 8XT 6366-F

6 14 I'M JUST ME Charley Pride (RCA)

PK 4560-N P8S 4560-N

7 6 ONE FINE MORNING Lighthouse (GRT)

5230 1002-T 8230 1002-T 8 5 BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS 4

(Columbia) CA 30590-H CT 30590-H

9 9 MUD SLIDE SLIM James Taylor (Warner Bros)

CWX 2561-P 8WM 2562-P 10 10 YOU'RE MY MAN

Lynn Anderson (Columbia) CT 30793-H CA 30793-H

11 12 WE SURE CAN LOVE EACH OTHER Tammy Wynette (Epic)

CA 30685-H CT 30685-H 12 11 MASTER OF REALITY

Black Sabbath (Warner Bros) CWX 2562-P 8WM 2562-P

13 8 STICKY FINGERS Rolling Stones (Rolling Stone)

COCX 59100-P 8COC 59100-P 14 ... IMAGINE

John Lennon (Apple) 4XT 3379-F 8XT 3379-F

15 15 TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN Cat Stevens (A&M)

CS 4280-W 8T 4280-W 16 13 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES

FAVOUR Moody Blues (Threshold) THM 24605-K THM 24805-K

17 16 BEST OF THE GUESS WHO (RCA)

TK 1710-N T8S 1710-N 18 21 INDIAN RESERVATION

Raiders (Columbia) CA 30768-H CT 30768-H

19 17 AQUALUNG Jethro Tull (Reprise)

CRX 2035-P 8RM 2035-P 20 18 SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE

Gnrdon Lightfoot (Reprise) CRX 2037-P 8RM 2037-P

21 22 TRAFALGAR Bee Gees (Atco) AC 7003-P A8TC 7003-P

22 23 JEANNIE C.RILEY'S GREATEST (Plantation) PLP4-13-M PLP8-13-M

23 24 JAMES LAST (Polydor)

3150 117-0 3811 083-Q 24 ... SO LONG BANNATYNE

Guess Who (RCA) CS 4574-N C8S 4574-N

25 ... TEN YEARS AFTER (Columbia)

CA 30801-H CT 30801-H

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Beauchamp to A&M National promo

Pete Beauchamp, well known industry figure in the Montreal area, has been

appointed national promotion manager for A&M Records of Canada.

Beauchamp comes to the label with a wealth of knowledge of the industry

both from the French and English angles and joins a very hot label

with a short, but explosive, history on the international market. A &M has also entered the Canadian production

arena - already showing early indications of selectively coming up with

Collins & Leopold coop for Cancon talent

A recent pact between Phil Collins Productions and Hilly Lee Music Corporation has resulted in the

formation of a new complex under the banner of Hilly -Collins Produc-

tions. Principals in the negotiations were

Phil Collins of the Toronto -based firm and Hilly Leopold, who heads

up Hilly Lee Music Corporation, an independent production company

based in Montreal. The agreement involves the co -

management, co -production and co - publishing of new Canadian talent.

The new firm will be based in Toron- to but Messrs Leopold and Collins

will remain as heads of their respec- tive companies as well as being jointly

involved in their new complex.

SMITH continued from page 6

to be like, and so few are, in fact. More than a few bigger stations have recently

taken note of Nevin's ability and his impressive public image. At least one

very large station has offered him a position as musie director, largely in

an attempt to boost a sagging public relations image. But Nevin declined.

He's happy in Hamilton where he is respected and can make decisions for

himself.

Look for big things from Grant in the future, too. Management possibilities

are obviously in store. The pity of his increasing professional stature is that

it deprives the general industry of his work.

Still, you can't help but be delighted for a man who made a success of himself by believing in Canadian music. I

wish Nevin nothing but good fortune and extend to him my nomination for

Canadian music industry man of the year.

future top name acts. Beauchamp began his career in the

music business, the hard way - as a booking agent. This gave him an in-

sight into the nitty gritty of the disc business which led to his subsequent

employment with Trans World Re- cords and Musimart. The latter was where he displayed his true promotion

qualities, among them the successful Canadian promotion of the then un-

known Creedence Clearwater Revival.

After nine months with Musimart, Beauchamp moved on to Columbia

and finally to his national post with A&M.

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Kinney's nefl promo, Tom Williams presents copy of "OriginalSounds From Japan" to Japanese consul, Mr. Sakamoto.

The Mercey Brothers ready to board jetliner for Londonwhere they'll appear on the Geo. Hamilton IV TVer.

Robbie Mcuougall, Winnipeg pop pianist and newest discoveryof Don Hunter appears at Toronto's O'Keefe - Nov. 7.

CHUM's J. Robt. Wood and Doug Rawlinson with Sylvia ofIan & Sylvia during Columbia Variety Club reception.

RCA's Carlton Show Band have been hitting the open-air gigscene which has added much importance to their new set.

Jacques Chenier, Rene Letarte and Robert Nickford withtheir talented promotion package Marie & Richard Seguin.

"Sourdough" Houston boostThe Ontario Government has been one elect'of the strongest boosters of Canadian favoutalent, whether young film makers, guitarlive performers or recording units. But, The flike typical government, they lack the also vpublic relations to transfer the impor- stron,tance of this work to the masses. The Unlikcreation of Ontario Place was a giant siblestep forward for the Ontario Govern- Place,ment and indeed, they have tried to smoocommunicate with the younger gener- operaation in using this beautiful showplace assigrto bring attention to the young hope - promfuls from Ontario in spite of the fact chap(that the jukeboxes dotted throughout "sou'the island contain no Cancon product. televiHowever, the most fascinating display tradeat Ontario Place is the giant Cinesphere Housscreen where they introduced a newCanadian film processing, using wholly from

Canadian film footage. One of the most in th(his fa

exciting of these films is "North to HudsSuperior", an exciting trip by air and to Si(canoe into the wilds of northern tookOntario. The only voice heard on the Bullesoundtrack is Bill Houston, perform- the ping his self -penning, "Ojibway Country". assocThe score was arranged by ex-Lovin'Spoonfuller, Zal Yanovsky. Houston'sproducers, Roy Smith and Al Albutt,taped the session at Toronto's ThunderSound, making slight changes for thedisc product. The film features an

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Juno Award as Canadian Music In- dustry Man Of The Year.

It is now ten months later and so many of us have forgotten the fight which

brought a change in the laws of Canada to assure that some portion of what

Canadians heard -

would reflect the way of life in Canada. We should all

(record company executives, programmers, the press, musicians and

artists) constantly remind ourselves that the CRTC ruling brought about

what we can now refer to as our "creative abilities".

It would be a very appreciated gesture, I'm sure, if the CRTC were to receive one copy of every Canadian content

single and album produced. It is my understanding the Commission has

equipped itself with a library of Cana- dian recordings, which are very much

cherished and appreciated by the members of the Commission. They

have never asked, being they are a government body, for copies of re-

corded product, but they have, on occasion, received sample copies as a

gesture of appreciation from some record companies, producers, artists

and publishers. It is through these mailings they have maintained a

library of Canadian content - as complete as possible, under the circum-

stances. Might I suggest that record companies check their mailing lists and make sure

that one copy of every Canadian prod- duction, single and album, be mailed directly to the CRTC library

- on release. It's possible they just might be

interested in seeing and listening to the results of their ruling

- firsthand.

Their address is 100 Metcalfe St. Ottawa, Ontario.

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A smashing engagement for Labelle Despite the fact that the Bitter End

cafe in Greenwich Village might not have been the best possible showcase

for the talents of Labelle, the three girls who comprise that very soulful

group have just completed a smashing two week engagement there. Patti

Labelle, Nono Hendryx and Sarah Dash are three magnificently sensual black women who are as much of a

joy to watch perform as they are to listen to. Gone are the sequined gowns...or anything even resembling a typical black

"chick " trio, a la Supremes. What Labelle is presenting now is a very natural, high energy performance,

which includes songs such as "Wild Horses", "Get Off My Cloud" and

"Morning Much Better". All three ladies sing and dance superbly, and it was

evident at the Bitter End that their professionalism is of the highest

quality.

Patti Labelle has a voice that puts many many others to shame. (There are a

lot of "blues" singers who would shut up before they screamed on stage again if they heard Patti ) As a lead singer,

she quite possibly was held back during her previous years when her act was

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2 2 QUITS Bi II Anderson (Decca) 32840-J

3 4 YOU'RE LOOKING AT COUNTRY Loretta Lynn (Decca) 32851- J

4 5 FEDERAL GRAIN TRAIN Russ Gurr (Rodeo) 3349-K

5 7 HOW CAN I UNLOVE YOU Lynn Anderson (Columbia) 4-45249-H

6 1 WHO WROTE THE WORDS Mercey Brothers (RCA) 75-1058-N

7 9 I'D RATHER BE SORRY Ray Price (Columbia) 45425-H

8 12 I DON'T KNOW YOU ANYMORE Tommy Overstreet (Dot) 17387-M

9 13 ROLLIN' MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS Buck Owens (Capitol) 3164-F

10 17 KO KO JOE Jerry Reed (RCA) 48-1011-N

11 15 CEDARTOWN GEORGIA Waylon Jennings (RCA) 1003-N

12 14 TILLSONBURG Tom Connors (Boot) 014-K

13 16 NO NEED TO WORRY Johnny Cash & June Carter

(Columbia) 45431-H

14 10 EASY LOVING Freddie Hart (Capitol) 3115-F

15 8 LOVING HER WAS EASIER Roger Miller (Mercury) 73230-K

more of a "routine". Now that she is free to let go, we can see just exactly the incredible range of her voice as

well as the energy. Nono Hendryx and Sarah Dash are never just background

singers, through the use of their indi-

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vidual solos as well as the backup work they do with Patti, their voices are

always an integral and important part of the music.

Much of the credit for the new act as well as the sound of Labelle must go to the girls' producer, Vicki Wickham, who has worked in the past with such artists

as Otis Redding and Ike and Tina Turner and was the producer of a legen-

dary British television show called, "Ready, Steady, Go". (She also is the

co-author of "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", the song Dusty Spring- field turned into a hit.)

Labelle recently signed with Warner

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Bros. Records and seem to have a good amount of promotion and encourage-

ment behind them. And that's cer- tainly a good sign, because Labelle is

an exciting group that puts some new energy into the rock scene.

On the bill with Labelle at the Bitter End was a pleasant British folk singer

named Ralph McTell. Accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar and

occasionally a harmonica, McTell sang some lovely self -penned songs; one in

particular that the audience enjoyed was "Dancing Doreen".

I just can't really get into Randy Newman, but he is one one of those

performers who has a high devotional audience. At his Town Hall concert,

you literally could have heard a pin drop as he performed his bitter-sweet,

tragi-comedic songs of life and love and accompanied himself on the

grand piano. (I almost thought I

was at a Laura Nyro concert....) The almost sold -out audience applauded

every time he began a song from one of his familiar albums, he acknowledged the audience reaction with a smile. He has a very low-key, almost effort-

less style of performing, and the evening was a very relaxed one.

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Hank Smi th (Quality) 2012-M 19 11 LEAVIN' AND SAYIN' GOODBYE

Faron Young (Mercury) 73220-K 20 23 NORTH COUNTRY

George Hamilton IV (RCA)75-1060-N 411!

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24 29 BE A LITTLE QUIETER Porter Wagonner (RCA) 1007-N

25 36 SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Anne Murray & Glen Camp'i,11

(Capitol) 3200-F

26 37 HANGING OVER ME Jack Greene (Decca) 32863,1

27 39 WHAT A DREAM Conway Twitty (MGM) 14274-M

28 27 PICTURES Statler Bros (Mercury) 73229-K

29 47 HERE COMES HONEY AGAIN Sonny James (Capitol) 3174-F

30 31 IF THIS IS OUR LAST TIME Brenda Lee (Decca) 32848-J

31 34 MY DADDY'S BLACKLAND FARM Scotty Stevenson (London) 17417-K

32 35 BESIDE ME Patricia MacDonnell (6th Ave) 613-K

33 21 SKIP A ROPE Mike Graham (Rodeo) 3348-K

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Hank Williams Jr (MGM) 14377-M 35 20 THE MARK OF A HEEL

Hank Thompson (Dot) 17385-M 36 42 WAITING FOR THE TRAIN

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Jim Gateley (Prize) 98-15-L 48

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Charley Pride (RCA) 0550-N 49 ... MORE OFTEN THAN NOT

Ian & Sylvia (Columbia) 4-45475-H 50 WELCOME TO DIGBY TOWN

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Tommy Graham into East Indian musicTommy Graham dates back to thevery early days of the Canadian con-tent movement. He was a teenagerwhen he fronted a group called theBig Town Boys (replacing Nick St.Nicolas as leader. The latter went onto become part of Steppenwolf).

The Big Town Boys were originallyformed by Stan Klees, primarily toback Tamarac recording star ShirleyMatthews. It was during that year,1963, that Miss Matthews experiencedher international hit of "Big TownBoy". The group later went out ontheir own.

Klees however, continued to work withthe Graham group, producing theirfirst production "Put You Down",considered by many as one of theclassics that launched the "producedin Canada" era. The deck was releasedby RCA.

The Big Town Boys moved over tothe Capitol label and further singleand album successes. At all times,Graham worked with Klees, beinggroomed for production chores.

The Canadian recording industry wasvery much in its infancy which causedmany good groups to split and seeksuccess further afield. The Big TownBoys were one of these groups.

Graham became intensely interestedin East Indian music, but went thefirst class route - directly to India.He spent a year at Ali Akhbar Collegewhere he studied under Ashish Khan,boning up on the complexities ofthe tabla.

Graham also dug the sarode whichlooks like a pregnant stretched ukulele.There's an art that goes with the musi-cianship of this instrument - and youcan't pick up on it out of a "playby numbers" book. It has four mainstrings but no frets and you have toalmost do a yogi bit to plunk out arecognizable sound (sitting cross-legged on the floor). Part of theoptions, or in this case the neces-saries , are an oily left hand whichmakes for an easy trip and and downthe long neck, and a coconut shellpick, of which you don't carry ahalf dozen spa:res. Cost of theSarode - eighty bucks and Grahamhad the opportunity of watching thecraftsmen gently create his prizepossession.

Brimming over with all his new foundmusical knowledge, Graham headedback to his place of birth and found,much to his dismay, the scene hadn'tchanged muoh since he left.

He was determined to move into the

industry with his unique sound andhe had also mastered the art ofputting words to his East Indian -cumNorth American pseudo undergroundbit. He took odd jobs as back-upmusician on record sessions, one ofthese being the original Anne Murrayset, "This Way Is My Way" out ofwhich came her smash internationalhit, "Snowbird".In his spare time he taped miles andmiles of his own original material, im-proving with each playback. Finally,he was ready. What he wasn't awareof, was that Capitol's A&R chief,Paul White, had been ready forGraham for sometime. It was thenjust a matter of waxing his sound andtesting the Canadian market. As wasexpected, they didn't dig - becausethey didn't understand the "punjab"sound ala Canadian. Graham andCapitol persisted however, and to-gether they put out an album, simplytitled "Planet Earth". This time theCanadian scene began to show an in-terest.

Graham is now showing early indi-cations of bringing the Canadianmarket up to date with his styleof music that's actually 5000 yearsold - which shouldn't be too diffi-cult to lay, successfully, on theCanadian crowd, being as we are al-ways behind the times. Graham isdoing it with "Sahajiya" which,ironically, was penned by BrentTitcomb but obviously conduciveto Graham's feelings for EastIndian music. The single received thefollowing comment in the RPMNew MAPL Releases of October2/71: "Much respect in the industryfor Graham who heretofore reliedon his own compositions. Strangelyenough, Titcomb has a Grahamishfeel which should get deck off theground. SL z:ere vocal approach en-hanced by exquisite guitar work andslight addition of backup voices addsto interest of record."

WHAT IS CANADIANTELEVISION DOING???

Canada's growing music scenelooks into the tube for the

Canadian soundand picture!

(a 10 part series)

SOON in RPM

NICK FORD continued from page 3

the music industry can walk throughinto this "Alice In Wonderland"scene at any time. Noted one pro-grammer: "Why even suggest anopen door policy when our doorshave never been closed?"

Quebec City is followed by Chicou-timi where an early morning tapingof both sides of Marie -Claire andRichard's deck has been arrangedalong with an interview. So dynamicand interesting is this interview thatit's almost immediately proclaimedas "Chicoutimi Day for Marie -Claireand David Seguin". Radio CBJ andCJMT were equally enthusiastic overthe new Warner Bros deck and finallythe Kinney cavalcade reaches the loopof their tour - Jonquiere and a "live"interview at CKRS.

After five days and 1567 miles - BobNickford could honestly report a suc-cessful promotion trip.

CJBR-TV Rimouski - CKBL radio andTV in Matane - the very powerfulCJBR in Rimouski. The latter is re-garded as radio free Quebec, whichreaches into more than 109,000homes in New Brunswick plus theirown immediate area and on and on.That's how they promote Canconproduct in Quebec - with emphasis onthe secondary market, given the sameconsideration as the major market.As a footnote - it's interesting to notethat when Kinney's national salesmanager, Gord Edwards took hisslide and sound product presentationinto Montreal for a bash - similar tothe one they held in Toronto - that'swhere the similarity ended. Chenier,Nickford and company treated thecoming product presentation as the"greatest show on earth" - resultingin newspaper, radio and televisioncoverage that's really just par for thecourse in a province which valuesCanadian culture - French and English.

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Nickford prepares Seguin tvsBob Nickford, Quebec promotion forKinney Music of Canada, recentlycompleted a successful promotiontour of Quebec Province for newly -signed Marie -Claire and RichardSeguin and their Warner Bros deck,"Dans Ma Maison" and "Marie Matin".Accompanying Nickford and the twinswere Nickford's Quebec branch mana-ger, Jacques Chenier and the Seguin'sproducer/manager, Rene Letarte.

The Seguins are the latest and per-haps the hottest potential of originalartists to breathe life into the failingFranco/Canadian disc market. Theirvoices blend beautifullly together andthe background is the typical lushness,so prevalent with productions fromQuebec. There is so much appeal withthis Seguin offering that Anglo/Cana-dian programmers could introducetheir listeners to an exciting newCanadian talent - expressing a combin-tion love/ecology message that com-municates in spite of the languagedifference which, in this case, isn'ta barrier.

Nickford and company set out to dotheir promotion bit, much in the samemanner as their Anglo/Canadian cous-ins - with one difference. Quebecpromotion men's enthusiasm for an

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Polydor Records, Montreal, has signed an agreement with the Montreal -based

group, Tapestry on a world-wide basis. The group, represented by Kevin

Hunter Associates, who also manage the Bells, consists of two girls, Heather

Woodburn and Judy Jenson and Jack Winters. They recently completed a five-day engagement at the Beverly

Hills Seaway Hotel in Toronto. The label brought in a number of key

American programmers to catch the group's act. Debut release on Polydor is "Love Me

Brother", a group original. The session was put down at Andre Perry Studios in Montreal, with production

by Bells' lead, Cliff Edwards. Polydor has set up a cross Canada

promotional tour for the group which kicked off last week. Accompanying

the group on the three-week grind is Polydor promotion man John

Turner.

MWC's Stamps tear up Newfoundland

MWC's Stampeders did a whirlwind tour of the province of Newfoundland

recently and tore the place apart, according to Judith Perlick, newly - appointed publicity and promotion gal

at VOCM, St. John's. The mini -tour included stops in Cornerbrook,

Stephenville and Grand Falls. CKCM's Larry Steacy emceed the gig in Grand Falls. Prior to the show, the group did some autograph signing to tie in with

a local promotion. In St. John's, the town really rolled out the carpet, pro-

viding a parade and an official visit to city hall were they were honoured by Premier Joey Smallwood.

While in the capital, the Stampeders were interviewed over VOCM, before

moving on the city's Memorial University. The twelve hundred in attendance brought the group back for

two encores and gave them three standing ovations.

3.5 million to the box office. The O'Keefe's twelfth year in

business promises to be its most exciting to date. The Canadian

Opera kicked off its twenty-third season at the theatre, September

27th. Upcoming are "Chalk Garden", "Light Up the Sky", "Mary" and

the "London Palladium Show". Non -subscription showings include the Osipob Balalaika Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Regina's Jr. Dudley Dean received Verlage equipment from Gary Stratychuk (Gold Sound) while mgr. Lorne Horning, radio personality Mike Freedman and Ken Verlage look on.

Richard Bibby (MCA) Eaton's Shirley Harrison meet Kapp artists, Sonny & Cher during media cocktail reception.

Grantlea Hoffman, popular dance party host of CKKW in Kitchener has a word with Sonny & Cher.

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Sam The Record Man Sniderman has a soft spot for country artists particularly the Canadian variety and talks it up with GRT's Scoot Irwin and country artist, Jack Bailey.

CKF M's Bill Black and Dan Chevrette are introduced to the Kapp pair by MCA's Ontario promo mgr. Barry Paine.

Roger Ashby, all night man at CHUM, was one of the first Toronto jocks to program the new Sonny & Cher deck.

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